hardbaken.
/ˈhɑːdbeɪk/, U.S. /ˈhɑrdˌbeɪk/ Now historical.
A confection made of boiled sugar or treacle with blanched almonds; almond toffee.
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1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 51 Show-glasses, containing..hard-bake, brandy-balls, and bull's-eyes.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. v Brandy-ball and hardbake vendors.
1916 G. V. McFadden Honest Lawyer xxxix. 390 Fiander turned round, with a box of hard-bake in his hand.
1961 R. P. Warren Wilderness ix. 162 There was..no real need to rearrange everything. A quarter inch this way or that for the hardbake, or the toffee, or the barley sugar—what could it mean?
2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 1 Nov. 8 In cities, towns and villages in Britain from the 1830s, part-time confectioners were selling their wares on the street: hardbake (toffee),..bullseyes and a plethora of other boiled sweets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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