| 单词 | saltwater taffy |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaltwater taffy d. saltwater taffy (taffy n.11, variant form of toffee n.) U.S., a type of confectionery made chiefly from corn syrup and sugar, frequently sold at North-eastern (chiefly New Jersey) seaside resorts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > toffee taffy1817 Everton toffee1822 toffeea1825 hardbake1825 stickjaw1827 tom trot1829 tameletjie1838 butterscotch1847 peanut candy1856 caramel1884 treacle toffee1885 Harrogate toffee1890 brittle1892 peanut brittle1892 saltwater taffy1894 brickle1907 spin1913 hokey-pokey1939 1894 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 July 410/1 (caption) The representation of a four masted schooner with the words ‘The Original Atlantic City Salt Water Taffy’. 1910 H. T. Peck New Baedeker ii. vi. 309 And there are also itinerant venders of every sort of edible..from ‘salt-water taffy’..down to peanuts and ‘hot dogs’. 1933 National Geographic Mag. May 520/2 Next to the visitor, Atlantic City's biggest ‘Industry’ is the making and shipping of ‘salt-water taffy’. Legend says that in the early eighties a man had a candy stand on the beach. One day an unusually high tide splashed over a batch of old-fashioned, pulled taffy on a slab. Being an enterprising person, he told his customers that he had something new—‘salt-water taffy’. 1954 W. Richmond Choice Confections xxi. 385 This formula produces a salt water taffy or kiss of very fine quality... The formula can be used for regular kiss-shaped pieces or long sticks of salt water taffy. 1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift 65 Through the grimy windows of the salt-water taffy counter you see the cold steel arms of the taffy puller motionless and empty-handed. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 48 Vermont cheese and maple syrup, salt-water taffy along the New Jersey shore..are all specialties of their respective regions. < as lemmas |
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