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  • noun Plural form of Taffy.

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Examples

  • It was Admiral Kinkaid desperately signaling Admiral Halsey, imploring him to send fast battleships to rescue the embattled Taffys: “Help needed from heavy ships immediately.”

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • Paulus Powell suggested that the Taffys might be in danger of getting sucked into a fleet action, Kinkaid “rather sarcastically” replied, Powell recalled, “What would you have me do with them, bring them in here?”

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • Yet Kinkaid did not think it was necessary to warn the Taffys—especially Taffy Three, the northernmost carrier group, less than fifty miles off the coast of Samar.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • At 0115, 1:15A.M ., Kinkaid ordered Sprague, the overall commander of the Taffys, to launch daybreak air searches to the north.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • It was enough to warn the Taffys to keep an eye out to the north.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • Possibly, a lone Japanese scout plane saw the Taffys retreating at 9:45, or saw the shadow of clouds on the water, and sent in a report that was relayed to theYamato.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • It was Admiral Kinkaid desperately signaling Admiral Halsey, imploring him to send fast battleships to rescue the embattled Taffys: “Help needed from heavy ships immediately.”

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • At 0115, 1:15A.M ., Kinkaid ordered Sprague, the overall commander of the Taffys, to launch daybreak air searches to the north.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • Paulus Powell suggested that the Taffys might be in danger of getting sucked into a fleet action, Kinkaid “rather sarcastically” replied, Powell recalled, “What would you have me do with them, bring them in here?”

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • Once again, the Taffys were left to the unglamorous work, flying air cover over tin carriers that were hardly worth trying to sink.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

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