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Everton|ˈɛvətən|
The name of a suburb of Liverpool, used attrib. in Everton toffee, (a) (see quot. 1951); (b) rhyming slang for ‘coffee’.
1857‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 7 Everton toffee, coffee. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 800 (heading) To make Everton toffee. 1869Trollope Phineas Finn I. 93 His pockets were crammed full of gingerbread and Everton toffy. [1907Vict. Hist. Count. Engl., Lancaster III. 20/2 Molly Bushell's original manufactory of the sweet to which Everton has given a name was in Village Street... She was living in 1759.] 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 456/2 Everton toffee, a brittle sweetmeat similar to butterscotch, but containing cream or evaporated milk. 1960J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang 62/2 Everton toffee, coffee... Now obsolescent. |