Smartiesn.

Brit.

/ˈsmɑːtɪz/, U.S.

/ˈsmɑrdiz/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: smarty n.

Etymology: Apparently < the plural of smarty n.

A proprietary name for: sugar-coated milk chocolate buttons, sold in a variety of bright colours, typically in packets or cardboard tubes. Also in singular: a sweet of this type.This sense is not in use in the United States, where Smarties is a proprietary name for a type of hard sugar sweet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chocolate

jessamy-chocolate1697

milk chocolate1723

plain chocolate1737

chocolate drop1764

chocolate cream1851

chocolate1852

chocolate liqueur1864

chocolate button1865

choc1874

chocolate bar1875

choccy1885

langue de chat1897

black chocolate1902

soft centre1902

truffle1902

liqueur chocolate1904

bar1906

bark1910

chocolate coin1910

white chocolate1917

dark chocolate1930

Mars bar1932

Smarties1939

nutty1947

liqueur1965

1939 Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 Nov. 1496/1 Smarties..chocolate confectionery.

1954 G. Greene in Twenty-one Stories 221 ‘I got some chocolates,’ Mr Thomas said... He handed over three packets of Smarties.

1961 Times 11 Apr. 9 (advt.) Its gay tubes of Smarties and Fruit Gums can be found in the pockets of millions of contented citizens.

1985 J. R. Beech Learning to Read iii. 35 The child may be given a sweet (e.g. a Smartie) at various stages.

2001 C. Hobson Black Earth City (2002) x. 130 Where he went I followed with the packet of Smarties my father had left me, doling them out into mittened palms.

Phrases

like Smarties: (esp. with reference to the consumption of pills) voraciously; in great numbers or very quickly.

ΚΠ

1967 Times 20 July 3/1 A handful of pills, which they ate ‘just like Smarties’.

1978 R. Westall Devil on Road x. 62 She'd..knocked the tin of vitamin-pills over one night and started scoffing them like Smarties.

1985 Mail on Sunday 3 Nov. 27/2 The Mills and Boon novels they swallow like Smarties.

2003 Marie Claire Dec. 175/2 He was popping Es like Smarties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smarties
释义	Smartiesn. Brit. /ˈsmɑːtɪz/, U.S. /ˈsmɑrdiz/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: smarty n. Etymology: Apparently < the plural of smarty n. A proprietary name for: sugar-coated milk chocolate buttons, sold in a variety of bright colours, typically in packets or cardboard tubes. Also in singular: a sweet of this type.This sense is not in use in the United States, where Smarties is a proprietary name for a type of hard sugar sweet. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chocolate jessamy-chocolate1697 milk chocolate1723 plain chocolate1737 chocolate drop1764 chocolate cream1851 chocolate1852 chocolate liqueur1864 chocolate button1865 choc1874 chocolate bar1875 choccy1885 langue de chat1897 black chocolate1902 soft centre1902 truffle1902 liqueur chocolate1904 bar1906 bark1910 chocolate coin1910 white chocolate1917 dark chocolate1930 Mars bar1932 Smarties1939 nutty1947 liqueur1965 1939 Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 Nov. 1496/1 Smarties..chocolate confectionery. 1954 G. Greene in Twenty-one Stories 221 ‘I got some chocolates,’ Mr Thomas said... He handed over three packets of Smarties. 1961 Times 11 Apr. 9 (advt.) Its gay tubes of Smarties and Fruit Gums can be found in the pockets of millions of contented citizens. 1985 J. R. Beech Learning to Read iii. 35 The child may be given a sweet (e.g. a Smartie) at various stages. 2001 C. Hobson Black Earth City (2002) x. 130 Where he went I followed with the packet of Smarties my father had left me, doling them out into mittened palms. Phrases like Smarties: (esp. with reference to the consumption of pills) voraciously; in great numbers or very quickly. ΚΠ 1967 Times 20 July 3/1 A handful of pills, which they ate ‘just like Smarties’. 1978 R. Westall Devil on Road x. 62 She'd..knocked the tin of vitamin-pills over one night and started scoffing them like Smarties. 1985 Mail on Sunday 3 Nov. 27/2 The Mills and Boon novels they swallow like Smarties. 2003 Marie Claire Dec. 175/2 He was popping Es like Smarties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1939
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