pandropn.
/ˈpandrɒp/, U.S. /ˈpænˌdrɑp/, Scottish English /ˈpandrɔp/ Scottish.
A hard, white, peppermint-flavoured sweet shaped like a slightly flattened sphere.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > drop, lozenge, or comfit
comfit1334
pastille1451
table1580
confect1587
violet tables1620
sugar-pluma1668
plum1694
nonpareil1697
rose drop1727
lemon-drop1807
drop1818
jujube1835
pear drop1852
pandrop1877
conversation lozenge1905
cushion1906
fruit drop1907
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > peppermints
peppermint drop1780
mint drop1791
peppermint1820
peppermint lozenge1832
peppermint cake1863
pandrop1877
mint1894
peppermint cream1907
Mintie1926
peppermint lump1926
Minto1935
1877 Encycl. 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.
1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 95 There were ‘bakes’, ‘katieflips’, ‘jib’, and big pandrops.
1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie v. 29 I thoucht it was pan-drops ye cam' oot for, or conversation-losengers.
1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 106 Wir haean a duff, an' treacle..an twa pan drops.
1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xviii. 178 He..would rouse himself only to pass his bag of pandrops along the pew.
2000 Herald (Glasgow) 18 Oct. 2/3 Perhaps he has forgotten the pandrops wise folk like yourself keep for such occasions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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