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countable and uncountable, plural taffies
(US) A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter. examples
(informal) Flattery. quotations examples
[…] if these statistices should seem to fail to tally with the facts, in places, do not nudge your neighbor, or press your foot upon his toes, or manifest, by any other sign, your awareness that taffy is being distributed.
1881, Mark Twain, Unfinished Burlesque on Books of Etiquette
Cut out the taffy. Who's your friend?
1912, Upton Sinclair, The Machine