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Thus when asking for Good and Plenty candy from a movie house concessionaire, the patron cannot help but state that in each box he discovers quality and that it is abundant.

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  1. noun A rich sweet confection made with sugar and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts.
  2. noun A piece of such a confection.
  3. transitive verb To reduce to sugar crystals.
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  • Thus when asking for Good and Plenty candy from a movie house concessionaire, the patron cannot help but state that in each box he discovers quality and that it is abundant. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1
  • In fact, if you've digested the spoonfed culinary metaphors up to this course in my meat-and-potatoes article, the rest will be gravy -- duck soup, a piece of cake, and easy as pie: just like taking candy from a baby. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
  • Polly thought it was n't fair; but Maud clamored for her candy, and finding she could do nothing to appease Fan, Polly devoted her mind to her cookery till the nuts were safely in, and a nice panful set in the yard to cool. —  An Old-Fashioned Girl
  • Numerous B&W illos provide plenteous eye-candy, and the fun comes in comparing and contrasting the French heroes with their US counterparts. —  Asimov's Science Fiction
  • "I say it's a pity he wasn't born in a civilized land. —  The Fire In His Hands
 

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fudge · taffy · truffle · jujube · nonpareil · lollipop · nougat · turtle · nigger baby · dragees · gumdrop · peeps · snickers · starburst · sugarplum · lemon drop

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English candi, crystallized cane sugar, short for sugre-candi, translation of Old French sucre candi and Old Italian zucchero candi, both from Arabic sukkar qandīy : sukkar, sugar + qandīy, candied (from qand, cane sugar, probably from Dravidian kaṇṭu, lump).

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  1. from French candi (also sucre candi, where candi is regarded as past participle of the verb), from Italian candi (zucchero candito) = Spanish candi, azucar candi, or cande, = Portuguese candi, candil (assucar candi), from Arabic qandī, made of sugar, from qand, qanda (sokker qanda) = Persian qand, sugar, sugar-candy, from Hindustani khānd, sugar, prob. from khand, a piece (cf. khandat, khandit, broken), from Sanskrit khanda, a piece, a portion (cf. khandava, sweet-meats), from √ khand, break.
  2. The verb seems to appear in English before the noun, but is due to the noun: F. candir, from Italian candire, to make into candy, from candi: see candy, n.
 

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