tameletjien.

Brit.

/taməˈlɛki/,

/taməˈlɛtʃi/, U.S.

/ˌtæməˈlɛki/,

/ˌtæməˈlɛtʃi/, South African English

/tʌməˈleki/

Forms: Also tammeletje, tommelaitje, etc.

Etymology: perhaps < Afrikaans tabletje small cake of chocolate, sugar, etc.

South African.

A hard toffee, sometimes containing pine nuts.

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

1838 T. Shone Diary 6 Aug. in Voorloper (1976) 788 In the evening I made the Children some tommelatche as a treat on my birthday.

1862 T. Shone Diary 18 June in Voorloper (1976) 788 Made some Tommy Larche for the children.

1862 T. Shone Diary 17 July in Voorloper (1976) 788 Mrs. K. gave me a bason of sugar, to make Tomelah.

1904 H. J. Duckitt Hilda's ‘Where is it?’ of Recipes 237 Tamelijtjes (a favourite Cape sweet).

1926 P. Smith Beadle (1929) 181 Jantje brought with him, secreted about his person, a horrible sticky mess of almond tommelaitjes.

1947 L. G. Green Tavern of Seas 65 For the children there would always be tameletjies, the sweets made of sugar, water, eggs, naartjie peel and dennebol pits—sweets that were typical of an earlier Cape Town, but which are not made so often now.

1953 Cape Argus 28 Feb. (Mag.) 3/7 Under a large oak in the main avenue sat a friendly, fat Coloured woman selling sweets—the ‘Tammeletje Woman’ we called her.

1974 Cape Times 12 Jan. (Week-end Mag.) 7 We searched among the pine needles for pips and collected cones. The highlight of our excursions was the tameletjies, a delicious sweet made with butter, brown sugar, syrup, vinegar and water, and the addition of the pips, which my elder sister made for us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tameletjie
释义	tameletjien. Brit. /taməˈlɛki/, /taməˈlɛtʃi/, U.S. /ˌtæməˈlɛki/, /ˌtæməˈlɛtʃi/, South African English /tʌməˈleki/ Forms: Also tammeletje, tommelaitje, etc. Etymology: perhaps < Afrikaans tabletje small cake of chocolate, sugar, etc. South African. A hard toffee, sometimes containing pine nuts. 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 1838 T. Shone Diary 6 Aug. in Voorloper (1976) 788 In the evening I made the Children some tommelatche as a treat on my birthday. 1862 T. Shone Diary 18 June in Voorloper (1976) 788 Made some Tommy Larche for the children. 1862 T. Shone Diary 17 July in Voorloper (1976) 788 Mrs. K. gave me a bason of sugar, to make Tomelah. 1904 H. J. Duckitt Hilda's ‘Where is it?’ of Recipes 237 Tamelijtjes (a favourite Cape sweet). 1926 P. Smith Beadle (1929) 181 Jantje brought with him, secreted about his person, a horrible sticky mess of almond tommelaitjes. 1947 L. G. Green Tavern of Seas 65 For the children there would always be tameletjies, the sweets made of sugar, water, eggs, naartjie peel and dennebol pits—sweets that were typical of an earlier Cape Town, but which are not made so often now. 1953 Cape Argus 28 Feb. (Mag.) 3/7 Under a large oak in the main avenue sat a friendly, fat Coloured woman selling sweets—the ‘Tammeletje Woman’ we called her. 1974 Cape Times 12 Jan. (Week-end Mag.) 7 We searched among the pine needles for pips and collected cones. The highlight of our excursions was the tameletjies, a delicious sweet made with butter, brown sugar, syrup, vinegar and water, and the addition of the pips, which my elder sister made for us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838
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