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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Today, there's truly something for everyone with fillings such as nut clusters, maple fudge, buttercreams and truffles, molasses chews, toffees and nougats, all types of fruit-studded creams, as well as the classics.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2023
"They made creamy toffees, that's what they were famous for."
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022
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
A late goal from Brian Oviedo sent the toffees up to fifth and Man U down to ninth in the Premier League.
From Children's BBC ● Dec. 5, 2013
Olanna spent most of the cash in the envelope and bought biscuits and toffees in shiny wrappers from a woman who traded behind enemy lines, but Baby only nibbled at them.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
