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cotton candy

noun

  1. a fluffy, sweet confection whipped from spun sugar and gathered or wound around a stick or cone-shaped paper core.



cotton candy

noun

  1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): candyfloss.Austral name: fairyfloss.a very light fluffy confection made from coloured spun sugar, usually held on a stick

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cotton candy1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

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