toffee
noun
a brittle or chewy brown candy made of sugar or molasses boiled down with butter, often mixed with nuts.
toffees
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pluralof toffee.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"They made creamy toffees, that's what they were famous for."
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022
Sweetshops peppered his boyhood and boyhood writing: lemon sherbets, bootlaces, gobstoppers and toffees; hard-boiled sweets served by boot-faced proprietors.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 13, 2016
In that same room there was a tin that seemed never to run out of toffees in shiny wrappers.
From The New Yorker ● May 7, 2016
The Mary Jane was one of the earliest toffees, and its beginnings in Paul Revere’s former home is beyond the greatness any toffee can reasonably expect.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2016
She reached into her pocket and drew out a bag of toffees.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
