a small, hard, peppermint-flavoured sweet.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > peppermints (11) peppermint drop1780 a small, hard, peppermint-flavoured sweet. mint drop1791 A cake or sweet flavoured with peppermint; = peppermint drop n. at peppermint, n. adj.compounds 2. peppermint1820 Any of various sweets flavoured with peppermint oil; peppermint confectionery. Cf. peppermint cream n., peppermint drop n., peppermint lozenge n.… peppermint lozenge1832 a sweet lozenge flavoured with peppermint. peppermint cake1863 = mint cake n. (b) at mint, n.2 compounds 2b. pandrop1877 A hard, white, peppermint-flavoured sweet shaped like a slightly flattened sphere. mint1894 A sweet or chocolate containing or flavoured with (an extract of) mint; spec. = peppermint, n. 2b. See also compounds 2. peppermint cream1907 a peppermint-flavoured fondant sweet, often covered with chocolate. Mintie1926 A kind of peppermint-flavoured sweet, often popularly referred to as a source of comfort. Chiefly in plural. peppermint lump1926 a type of peppermint-flavoured sweet. Minto1935 A type of boiled sweet flavoured with peppermint. (Formerly a proprietary name.) |
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