Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - taffy
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noun (plural taffies) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1817 1. a boiled candy usually of molasses or brown sugar that is pulled until porous and light-colored 2. insincere flattery ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) US 1 a confection like toffee. 2 insincere flattery. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. TAFFY n. (pl. -ies) colloq. often offens. a Welshman. Etymology: supposed Welsh pronunc. of Davy = David (Welsh Dafydd) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. валлиец taffy 1. ам. конфета из сахара и масла 2. разг. грубая лесть, неуклюжий комплимент ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n especially AmE a soft sweet usually made from sugar boiled brown Taffy ~ n C usually singular BrE slang a word for someone who is Welsh, often considered to be offensive ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1817, related to toffee, but of uncertain origin; perhaps associated with tafia (1777), a rumlike alcoholic liquor distilled from molasses, presumably of W.Indian or Malay origin. On this theory, the candy would have been made from the syrup skimmed off the liquor during distillation. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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