taffy

plural taffies · alternative toffee

1. UScountableuncountableA soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter.
2. countableinformaluncountableFlattery.

   Cut out the taffy. Who's your friend?

   1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine

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   […] if these statistices should seem to fail to tally with the facts, in places, do not nudge your neighbor, or press your foot upon his toes, or manifest, by any other sign, your awareness that taffy is being distributed.

   1881, Mark Twain, Unfinished Burlesque on Books of Etiquette

3. UKcountablederogatoryuncountableusuallyWelsh person.

   "Some people may find Taffy a bit derogatory but a lot of people are interested in displaying that on their vehicles. That's a way they can express their Welshness. But we haven't sold any plates with combinations of 'boyo'."

   30-03-2013, Rhodri Clark, quoting Louise Pierpoint, “Why there's still mileage in the name 'Taffy'”, in WalesOnline

plural Taffys · plural Taffies

1. derogatoryslangsometimesA Welshman.