penny candy
nounDefinition of penny candy
: inexpensive candy originally costing a penny apiece
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Every kid had to go to Ellicott’s Country Store for penny candy from Miss Enalee. — Janet Kusterer, Howard County Times, "Flood doesn't diminish passion for Ellicott City [Mostly Main Street]," 14 June 2018 McGhee said one of her earliest memories as a black girl was being chased from a penny candy store by a white store manager. — Lisa Baertlein, Anchorage Daily News, "Starbucks to close 8,000 U.S. stores Tuesday afternoon for employee training on racial tolerance," 29 May 2018 For decades, the building on the corner of 21st Avenue South and Stevens Street was a grocery store — an honest-to-goodness corner grocery where longtime neighbors still remember going for cigarettes and penny candy. — Gayle Clemans, The Seattle Times, "Historic Beacon Hill grocery gets new life as arts center," 5 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'penny candy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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