Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling toffee or some aspect of it.

Etymologies

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toffee +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Cook, stirring, until the sugar has melted and the mixture has taken on an appealing toffeelike color.

    Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009

  • I squatted in the mud and stroked her straining abdomen as the thunder cracked and lightning threatened with a forked blue tongue and toffeelike streams formed around us.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

  • I squatted in the mud and stroked her straining abdomen as the thunder cracked and lightning threatened with a forked blue tongue and toffeelike streams formed around us.

    Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

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