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fairyfloss

fairyfloss is the alternative form of fairy floss.

Meaning of fairy floss

Noun

fairy floss (uncountable)

  1. (Australia) Synonym of cotton candy.
    • Disconsolately they shot the water-chute, swung on the swings, ate fairy floss from the booth like nostalgic exiles from fairyland.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 74
    Synonyms:
    cotton candy

Questions about fairyfloss

What is fairyfloss the alternative form of?
Fairyfloss is the alternative form of fairy floss.

Words near fairyfloss in the dictionary

  1. fairycakes
  2. fairycore
  3. fairydom
  4. fairydoms
  5. fairyflies
  6. fairyfloss
  7. fairyfly
  8. fairyfolk
  9. fairyhood
  10. fairyish
  11. fairyism

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