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Toffee apple

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A candy apple. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

    "Toffee apples and fairy floss are often sold as fairground snacks."

  2. 2
    an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) wordnet
  3. 3
    A kind of British trench mortar used in World War I. Ireland, UK, historical, slang

    "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."

Etymology

The weapon is named after the food item, having a similar shape, i.e. a sphere with attached stick or handle.

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