needham

plural needhams

1. A dessert bar made from sugar, chocolate, coconut, and potato, chiefly made and consumed in Maine in the US.

   I LOVE potatoes! Any way you cook 'em, really. I can't remember the first time I had needhams (pronounced NEED-uhms) […]

   2016, Amber St. Peter, Homestyle Vegan: Easy, Everyday Plant-Based Recipes, page 140

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   The needham, like this one filled with potato and coconut, is Maine's original chocolate goodie and is just one of the many Maine-inspired [treats...]

   2009, Down East, volume 56, numbers 1-6, page 55

   […] thrifty Mainers have found many uses for potatoes over the years, from doughnuts to vodka to their needhams, a quirky dessert and must-have Maine potato treat that's a mixture of coconut and potato dipped in chocolate. […] Dean's Sweets in Portland does a modern version of the needham made with Maine potato vodka […]

   2016, Great American Eating Experiences: Local Specialties, ... (National Geographic), page 13

plural Needhams · alternative archaic Neadham

1. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281).
2. countableuncountableA town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.
3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, United States, derived from the surname.
4. countableuncountableA town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Needham Market.

   Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.

   2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025

5. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.