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单词 candy-pull
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candy-pullv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: candy pull n.
Etymology: < candy pull n. Compare earlier candy pulling n.
U.S. Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make (candy, esp. taffy) by pulling or twisting a sweet mixture to make it tough and light-coloured.In quot. 1870 representing the speech of a child.
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1870 E. S. Phelps Trotty's Compositions in Our Young Folks June 345 Once I candy-pulled some [mar-lar-sis candy] of my own.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020).
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