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salt water taffy

salt water taffy is the alternative form of saltwater taffy.

Meaning of saltwater taffy

Noun

saltwater taffy (uncountable)

  1. A kind of soft taffy characteristic of the eastern United States, made with butter, glycerin, corn syrup, salt and water but not seawater.
    • It struck me as a perky, whine-free name—the kind of standard-issue handle that could be found on necklaces hanging off carousels in roadside souvenir shops, next to the saltwater taffy.2023, Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 44

Questions about salt water taffy

What is salt water taffy the alternative form of?
Salt water taffy is the alternative form of saltwater taffy.

Words near salt water taffy in the dictionary

  1. salt truck
  2. salt trucks
  3. salt up
  4. salt water
  5. salt water aspiration syndrome
  6. salt water taffy
  7. salt waters
  8. salt wedge
  9. salt wedges
  10. salt works
  11. Salt's dik-dik

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