Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - toffee
Toffee
toffee
n. (also toffy) (pl. toffees or toffies) 1 a kind of firm or hard sweet softening when sucked or chewed, made by boiling sugar, butter, etc. 2 Brit. a small piece of this. Phrases and idioms for toffee sl. (prec. by can't etc.) (denoting incompetence) at all (they couldn't sing for toffee). toffee-apple an apple with a thin coating of toffee. toffee-nosed esp. Brit. sl. snobbish, pretentious. Etymology: earlier TAFFY TOFT n. Brit. 1 a homestead. 2 land once occupied by this. Etymology: OE f. ON topt
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also toffy noun (plural ~s; also toffies) Etymology: alteration of taffy Date: 1825 candy of brittle but tender texture made by boiling sugar and butter together ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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