toffee apple

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A candy apple. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK
    — Toffee apples and fairy floss are often sold as fairground snacks.
  2. 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.

词形变化

toffee apples plural

词源

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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