toffee apple

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toffee apple

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The weapon is named after the food item, having a similar shape, i.e. a sphere with attached stick or handle.

noun toffee apples

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK A candy apple. Toffee apples and fairy floss are often sold as fairground snacks.
Similar: candy apple
Ireland, UK, historical, slang A kind of British trench mortar used in World War I. Here we would find, perhaps, three 18-pounder guns dug in as antitank defences supplemented by 60 lb "toffee apple" trench mortar bombs buried as makeshift anti-tank mines.

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@misc{toffee_apple_2026,
  title = {toffee apple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toffee%20apple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}