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barley-sugar

noun

Meaning

  1. A traditional British boiled sweet, yellow or orange in colour, with an extract of barley added as flavouring.
  2. Very sweet; harmless.
  3. Twisted helically.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

barley candy(English)sweet(English)sweete(English)sweetsome(English)sweetish(English)honey-sweet(English)sweetful(English)shweet(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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