In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TOFFEE
brittle, toffee, toffy
(noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
toffee (countable and uncountable, plural toffees)
(uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
(countable) a small, individual piece of toffee
(Northern England) any kind of sweets; candy
Usage notes
• Toffee is similar to taffy, which is a soft candy, but toffee is a hard candy.
Verb
toffee (third-person singular simple present toffees, present participle toffeeing, simple past and past participle toffeed)
(transitive) To coat in toffee.
Anagrams
• tee off
Noun
Toffee (plural Toffees)
(informal, UK, soccer) A fan or member of Everton F.C..
Synonyms
• Toffeeman
Anagrams
• tee off
Source: Wiktionary
Tof"fee, Tof"fy, n.
Definition: Taffy. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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