rock candyn.

Brit.

/ˌrɒk ˈkandi/,

/ˈrɒk ˌkandi/, U.S.

/ˌrɑ(k) ˈkændi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.¹, candy n.²

Etymology: < rock n.¹ + candy n.²

In later use chiefly North American.

A kind of hard confectionery typically made of masses of crystallized sugar, often on a string. Cf. rock n.¹ 5d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > hard sweet

rock sugar1652

rock candy1653

rock1718

hard candy1848

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > other sweets

scrochat1448

gobbet riala1500

Portugal1560

sugar-pellet1591

muscadine1599

moscardino1616

rock candy1653

covering-seeds1687

lollipop1784

turn-over1798

lavender-sugar1810

humbug1825

kiss1825

elecampane1826

Gibraltar1831

yellow man1831

rose cake1834

cockle1835

maple candy1840

butterscotch1847

sponge candy1850

squib1851

honeycomb1857

marshmallow1857

motto kiss1858

fondant1861

coffee cream1868

candy-braid1870

candy bar1885

suckabob1888

nut bar1896

crackerjack1902

teiglach1903

red-hot1910

violet cream1912

mouldy1916

patty1916

lace1919

Tootsie Roll1925

sugar mouse1931

Parma1971

cinder toffee1979

1653 Bk. of Fruits & Flowers 37 This is best way for rock Candy, make so small a quantity.

1670 H. Wolley Queen-like Closet cclxxxviii. 346 For Moss, take Herbs of a Rock Candy.

1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. U6 To candy Nutmegs... pour your Candy to them,..set them in a warm Place for about three Weeks, and they will be of a Rock Candy.

1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper vii. 179 Garnish with Rock Candy Sweetmeats.

1815 M. Edgeworth Love & Law iii. xliii A knot of rock-candy.

1864 Ladies Repository June 347/2 There were candy hearts, and rock-candy, and peppermints, and sugar-kisses rolled up in tissue paper with a funny motto in each.

1949 C. Himes Mama's Missionary Money in Crisis Nov. 305/2 He set up all the boys in the neighborhood to peanut brittle and icecream and rock candy.

1999 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 14 Oct. 20 Billie wants to spend his fortune on rock candy as soon as they can find a store.

Phrases

Big Rock Candy Mountain n. (also Big Rock Candy Mountains) U.S. (in allusive use, esp. among hobos) a place or situation regarded as the pinnacle of ease and luxurious comfort; a utopia, a Cockaigne.Occurring originally in versions of a song describing a hobo's utopia (cf. quot. 1906; popularized by Harry McClintock (1882–1957), but apparently traditional) and in allusions to it.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun]

heaveneOE

land of behesta1200

Cockaigne?c1335

Fortunate Islands?a1475

eutopia1553

utopia1601

horny gate (also port)1605

nonsucha1618

Americaa1631

El Dorado1788

other world1804

Cockneyland1817

cloud-cuckoo-land1824

Fiddler's Green1825

dreamland1832

Neverland1892

never-never land1900

Big Rock Candy Mountain1917

brave new world1933

Xanadu1948

Disneyland1956

ecotopia1975

1906 M. P. W. Locke Big Rock Candy Mountains (song) Come to the Big Rock Candy Mountains, And I'll show you the bees and the cigarette trees And the soda water fountains.]

1917 Machinists' Monthly Jrnl. Mar. 253 (caption) Engine No. 4000, built by the members of Rose City Lodge 325..at the foot of Big Rock Candy Mountain and the Lemonade Springs.

1961 Life Treas. Amer. Folklore 294 The Hobo Special climbs Big Rock Candy Mountain.

1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Apr. 4/4 The goal is their 20th century version of the big rock candy mountain.

1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) i. 55 He made that country sound like the Big Rock Candy Mountains. Said there was lakes and runnin water and grass to the stirrups.

2005 K. Russell Dead Game (2007) xxv. 175 We're going to make some money, bro. Life is a big rock candy mountain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rock candy
释义	rock candyn. Brit. /ˌrɒk ˈkandi/, /ˈrɒk ˌkandi/, U.S. /ˌrɑ(k) ˈkændi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.¹, candy n.² Etymology: < rock n.¹ + candy n.² In later use chiefly North American. A kind of hard confectionery typically made of masses of crystallized sugar, often on a string. Cf. rock n.¹ 5d. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > hard sweet rock sugar1652 rock candy1653 rock1718 hard candy1848 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > other sweets scrochat1448 gobbet riala1500 Portugal1560 sugar-pellet1591 muscadine1599 moscardino1616 rock candy1653 covering-seeds1687 lollipop1784 turn-over1798 lavender-sugar1810 humbug1825 kiss1825 elecampane1826 Gibraltar1831 yellow man1831 rose cake1834 cockle1835 maple candy1840 butterscotch1847 sponge candy1850 squib1851 honeycomb1857 marshmallow1857 motto kiss1858 fondant1861 coffee cream1868 candy-braid1870 candy bar1885 suckabob1888 nut bar1896 crackerjack1902 teiglach1903 red-hot1910 violet cream1912 mouldy1916 patty1916 lace1919 Tootsie Roll1925 sugar mouse1931 Parma1971 cinder toffee1979 1653 Bk. of Fruits & Flowers 37 This is best way for rock Candy, make so small a quantity. 1670 H. Wolley Queen-like Closet cclxxxviii. 346 For Moss, take Herbs of a Rock Candy. 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. U6 To candy Nutmegs... pour your Candy to them,..set them in a warm Place for about three Weeks, and they will be of a Rock Candy. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper vii. 179 Garnish with Rock Candy Sweetmeats. 1815 M. Edgeworth Love & Law iii. xliii A knot of rock-candy. 1864 Ladies Repository June 347/2 There were candy hearts, and rock-candy, and peppermints, and sugar-kisses rolled up in tissue paper with a funny motto in each. 1949 C. Himes Mama's Missionary Money in Crisis Nov. 305/2 He set up all the boys in the neighborhood to peanut brittle and icecream and rock candy. 1999 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 14 Oct. 20 Billie wants to spend his fortune on rock candy as soon as they can find a store. Phrases Big Rock Candy Mountain n. (also Big Rock Candy Mountains) U.S. (in allusive use, esp. among hobos) a place or situation regarded as the pinnacle of ease and luxurious comfort; a utopia, a Cockaigne.Occurring originally in versions of a song describing a hobo's utopia (cf. quot. 1906; popularized by Harry McClintock (1882–1957), but apparently traditional) and in allusions to it. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun] heaveneOE land of behesta1200 Cockaigne?c1335 Fortunate Islands?a1475 eutopia1553 utopia1601 horny gate (also port)1605 nonsucha1618 Americaa1631 El Dorado1788 other world1804 Cockneyland1817 cloud-cuckoo-land1824 Fiddler's Green1825 dreamland1832 Neverland1892 never-never land1900 Big Rock Candy Mountain1917 brave new world1933 Xanadu1948 Disneyland1956 ecotopia1975 1906 M. P. W. Locke Big Rock Candy Mountains (song) Come to the Big Rock Candy Mountains, And I'll show you the bees and the cigarette trees And the soda water fountains.] 1917 Machinists' Monthly Jrnl. Mar. 253 (caption) Engine No. 4000, built by the members of Rose City Lodge 325..at the foot of Big Rock Candy Mountain and the Lemonade Springs. 1961 Life Treas. Amer. Folklore 294 The Hobo Special climbs Big Rock Candy Mountain. 1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Apr. 4/4 The goal is their 20th century version of the big rock candy mountain. 1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) i. 55 He made that country sound like the Big Rock Candy Mountains. Said there was lakes and runnin water and grass to the stirrups. 2005 K. Russell Dead Game (2007) xxv. 175 We're going to make some money, bro. Life is a big rock candy mountain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1653
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