lemon plait

noun

Lemon-flavoured sugar confection (candy, sweets, similar to barley sugar) in a plaited form.

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Meanings

nounlemon plait (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLemon-flavoured sugar confection (candy, sweets, similar to barley sugar) in a plaited form.

    […] she sold lemon platt^([sic]).

    1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
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    I sucked "lemon plait" and I read and would not have changed places with an angel.

    1913, Katharine Tynan, Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences, page 51

    Jerry went for a thing called "lemon plait." He watched the dwindling supply with anguish, not strong enough to reach the counter in the fetid excitement of hungry boys. He had almost no pocket money, and chocolate was beyond him.

    1936, Francis Hackett, The Green Lion, page 241

    […] grander sugar stick such as Lemon Plait, that was two pieces plaited together and that had a nice sourish taste.

    1957, Padraic Colum, The Flying Swans, page 141
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