candy applen.
/ˈkandɪ ˌapl/, U.S. /ˈkændi ˌæp(ə)l/ North American.
1. An apple coated with a thin, hard, usually bright-red layer of cooked sugar or caramel and fixed on a stick; = toffee apple n. at toffee n. and adj. Compounds 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > toffee apple
candy apple1871
toffee apple1917
taffy apple1967
1871 Hendricks County Union (Danville, Indiana) 21 Dec. ‘Did you ne'er feel that swelling of the heart’ as your hungry eyes rested on some Christmas toy, or stick of striped candy or candy apple?
1916 M. L. Wehrley Handy Househ. Hints & Recipes 252 Making Candy Apples on the Stick. Select nice apples that are not too large. Mount them on thin sticks.
2011 A. J. Mayhew Dry Grass of August ix. 72 The warm air carried delicious smells that made me hungry—corn dogs, peanuts, candy apples.
2. A bright shade of red, reminiscent of the colour of a candy apple. Cf. earlier candy-apple red n. at Compounds.
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1963 Amer. Motorcycling Feb. 16/1 New finish specifications include metallic red (candy-apple) on tank, oil tank and tool box.
2005 Metro (Toronto) 8 Apr. 14/1 Nothing gets noticed like red. This season, go bold in flame, paprika, red/orange, tomato, candy apple and coral.
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candy-apple red n. a bright shade of red, reminiscent of the colour of a candy apple.
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1945 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Penn.) 16 July (advt.) We present ‘Cross Patch’ [shoes] in these gay carousel colors..candy apple red, red lizard on ice-cream white suede.
2005 J. MacGregor Sunday Money i. 12 Mad, Kandinsky brushstrokes of candy-apple red.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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