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tof·fee

 (tô′fē, tŏf′ē)
n.
A hard, chewy candy made of brown sugar or molasses and butter.

[Alteration of taffy.]
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toffee

(ˈtɒfɪ) or

toffy

n, pl -fees or -fies
1. (Cookery) a sweet made from sugar or treacle boiled with butter, nuts, etc
2. for toffee (preceded by can't) informal to be incompetent at a specified activity: he can't sing for toffee.
[C19: variant of earlier taffy]
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tof•fee

or tof•fy

(ˈtɔ fi, ˈtɒf i)

n.
a brittle confection made by boiling together brown sugar, butter, and vinegar.
[1820–30; variant of taffy]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.toffee - caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheetstoffee - caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
peanut brittle - brittle containing peanuts
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Translations
طُوفيطوفي: نَوْع من الحَلْوى
karamelamléčná karamela
karamel
toffee
karamel
karamella
トフィー
토피
īriss
mliečna karamelka
karamela
kola
ลูกอม
kẹo bơ cứng

toffee

[ˈtɒfɪ]
A. Ncaramelo m, dulce m de leche
he/she can't do it for toffeeno tiene ni idea de cómo hacerlo
B. CPD toffee apple Nmanzana f de caramelo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

toffee

[ˈtɒfi] ncaramel mtoffee apple n (British)pomme f d'amourtoffee-nosed [ˌtɒfiˈnəʊzd] adj (British)bêcheur/euse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

toffee

n (Brit) (= substance)(Sahne)karamell m; (= sweet)Toffee nt, → (weiches) Karamellbonbon; he can’t sing for toffee (inf)er kann überhaupt nicht singen, er kann nicht die Bohne singen (inf)

toffee

:
toffee apple
toffee-nosed
adj (Brit inf) → eingebildet, hochnäsig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

toffee

[ˈtɒfɪ] ncaramella f mou inv
he can't sing for toffee (Brit) (fam) → come cantante non vale una cicca
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

toffee

(ˈtofi) noun
(a piece of) a kind of sticky sweet made of sugar and butter. Have a (piece of) toffee
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

toffee

طُوفي karamela karamel Toffee τόφι caramelo, toffee toffee caramel karamel caramella mou トフィー 토피 toffee toffee toffi caramelo, puxa-puxa ириска kola ลูกอม karamela kẹo bơ cứng 太妃糖
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References in classic literature ?
Agatha broke it because she was fond of making toffee, of eating it, of a good fire, of doing any forbidden thing, and of the admiration with which the servants listened to her ventriloquial and musical feats.
I wouldn't go halves in the toffee and gingerbread on purpose to save the money; and Gibson and Spouncer fought with me because I wouldn't.
"And the fellows fought me, because I wouldn't give in about the toffee."
"Didn't I think about your fish-line all this quarter, and mean to buy it, and saved my money o' purpose, and wouldn't go halves in the toffee, and Spouncer fought me because I wouldn't?"
The customers came in crowds every day and bought quantities, especially the toffee customers.
However, this bottle was NOT marked `poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished it off.
Instead of the choicest bonbons wrapped in bank-bills, he gallantly presented paper-bags full of toffee. Let us say to the glory of Alencon that the toffee was accepted with more joy than la Duthe ever showed at a gilt service or a fine equipage offered by the Comte d'Artois.
He shared his money with him: bought him uncountable presents of knives, pencil-cases, gold seals, toffee, Little Warblers, and romantic books, with large coloured pictures of knights and robbers, in many of which latter you might read inscriptions to George Sedley Osborne, Esquire, from his attached friend William Dobbin--the which tokens of homage George received very graciously, as became his superior merit.
SEALED: The food authority's officials sealed a factory in the Hattar Industrial Estate here on Tuesday over the manufacturing of biscuits and toffees in unhygienic conditions and unlawfully packaging biscuits and toffees of some major brands.
With this in mind, TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon have selected some of the top Toffees and White Chocolates from around the world.
Loyal Quality Street lovers were 'up in arms' when the Toffee Deluxe was first scrapped in 2016 amid claims there were 'too many toffees' in the tins.
Fans were angry when the Toffee Deluxe was axed in 2016 because "there were too many toffees" in tins and tubs.