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单词 fairy floss
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fairy floss
fairy floss n. (a) silky down from (the seed pods of) various plants, associated with or said to be spun by fairies (now rare); (b) North American a type of soft, fluffy yarn; (c) originally U.S. (now chiefly Australian) = candyfloss n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > candy-floss
fairy floss1857
cotton candy1889
candyfloss1904
1857 E. A. Lewis Rec. of Heart 25 Her hair is fair as the fairy floss, Her skin like ivory.
1878 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 6 Oct. 5/4 (advt.) Best Berlin Zephyr Worsteds,..Saxony yarns, Shetland wools, Crimped fairy floss.
1898 Braidwood Disp. 27 Aug. (Suppl.) 1/6 Just a wee little thing with my first snow-white pinafore.., and my fluffy, light hair blowing like fairy floss in the wind.
1904 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 21 June 2228/1 Candy. Electric Candy Machine Co., Nashville... Fairy Floss.
1905 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 1 Oct. (News Mag. Suppl.) 5/4 The breezes steal the fairy floss from ripened milkweed pod.
1949 West Australian (Perth) 1 Dec. 4/4 Today we have a fairy floss prosperity on a milk bar economy... We haven't got the coal and steel, but we have a lot of frothy activity that contributes little to our community life.
1962 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 24 Feb. 24/8 (advt.) Be sure to see our display of Harding Kroy Yarn, Baby Wools, Fairy Floss, the new bulky yarns, and others.
2008 T. Jordan Addition xi. 138 We walk through the school grounds, past children with fairy floss on sticks.
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