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pan-drop Sc.
[f. pan n.1 + drop n. 10 e.]
A hard, peppermint-flavoured sweet, shaped like a flattened sphere.
1877Encycl. Brit. VI. 257/1 A core or centre of some kind is required, and this may consist either of a seed or fruit..; or it may be a small lozenge, as in the case of pan drops. 1904‘H. Foulis’ Erchie v. 29, I thoucht it was pan-drops ye cam' oot for, or conversation-losengers. 1927Glasgow Herald 7 Sept. 12/7 An' there's nae mae tears since ye've got him wi' the poke o' pan-draps in his han'. 1956C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 106 Wir haean a duff, an' treacle..an twa pan drops. 1964Scotsman 14 Oct. 5 What was described in court as ‘a classical line of traditional Scottish sweet—pan drops’. 1966W. Merrilees Short Arm of Law 184 These..were not chocolates at all but hard peppermint sweets..pan-drops as we called them in Scotland. |