toffy

toffy
Taffy Taf"fy, n. [Prov. E. taffy toffy.] 1. A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans. [Written also, in England, {toffy}.] [1913 Webster]

2. Flattery; soft phrases. [Slang] [1913 Webster]


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