Etymology

Pez

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Today it means: A kind of candy in the form of small blocks that is sold in small plastic dispensers. Full definition →

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The story

Derived from the letters at the start, the middle and the end of German Pfefferminz (“candy with peppermint flavor”), the first Pez flavor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.