Meanings
plural toffee apples
- CommonwealthIrelandUKA candy apple.
Toffee apples and fairy floss are often sold as fairground snacks.
Synonyms: candy apple
- IrelandUKhistoricalslangA kind of British trench mortar used in World War I.
Here we would find, perhaps, three 18-pounder guns dug in as antitank defences supplemented by 60 lb "toffee apple" trench mortar bombs buried as makeshift anti-tank mines.
2014, Richard Baber, The SOTCW World War I Compendium
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA candy apple.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
The weapon is named after the food item, having a similar shape, i.e. a sphere with attached stick or handle.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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