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Turkish delight

noun

  1. a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.


Turkish delight

noun

  1. a jelly-like sweet flavoured with flower essences, usually cut into cubes and covered in icing sugar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Turkish delight1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

They ate Turkish-delight at intervals during that long day, when for not a single moment did the rain cease to fall.

I remember a girl called Mabel who used to sell Turkish-delight there, but she had a stall of her own.

Still, cheese is more nutritious than Turkish-delight, and there's plenty of water in that theatrical cascade.

"Yes, and we've got a box of Turkish-delight," said Michael.

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