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hard candy


hard candy

noun

: a small, hard piece of candy with a sweet and usually fruity flavor

Full Definition of HARD CANDY

:  a candy made of sugar and corn syrup boiled without crystallizing
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First Known Use of HARD CANDY

1878

Rhymes with HARD CANDY

ear candy, eye candy, jim-dandy, rock candy, unhandy

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