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sugar candy

n
1. (Cookery) Also called: rock candy large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
2. (Cookery) chiefly US confectionery; sweets
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sug′ar can′dy


n.
a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.
[1425–75]
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Noun1.sugar candy - made by boiling pure sugar until it hardenssugar candy - made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens
candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
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