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Definition of Toffee apple

1. Noun. An apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar).

Definition of Toffee apple

1. Noun. (chiefly British New Zealand) An apple, on a stick, with a crisp coating of cooled syrup. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toffee Apple

Literary usage of Toffee apple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Inform Designer's Manual by Graham Nelson (2001)
"But then suppose the game also contains a toffee apple, which sticks to the player's hands. Suddenly the toffee apple problem has an unintended solution. ..."

2. Daytrips London by Earl Steinbicker (2003)
"... Swiss Roll jelly roll Toad in the Hole small sausage baked in batter Toffee Apple candy apple Treacle molasses Trifle sponge cake w/fruit or preserves, ..."

3. Nights in London by Thomas Burke (1918)
"I mean the toffee-apple about which, if you remember, Vesta Victoria used to sing so alluringly. I have two friends residing here—one at Folly Wall and one ..."

4. Shellproof Mack: An American's Fighting Story by Arthur James Mack (1918)
"The "toffee apple" is an English trench mortar, a round ball with a piece of pipe attached. I don't know how it looks when it is arriving, having never been ..."

5. Shellproof Mack, an American's Fighting Story: An American's Fighting Story by Arthur James Mack (1918)
"But one day a shell burst within fifty yards or so of Bill and he lit out for home with a tail as big as a toffee apple. After that he never did go out. ..."

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