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cotton candy
noun
- a fluffy, sweet confection whipped from spun sugar and gathered or wound around a stick or cone-shaped paper core.
cotton candy
noun
- a very light fluffy confection made from coloured spun sugar, usually held on a stick Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)candyfloss Austral namefairyfloss
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cotton candy1
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
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Example Sentences
There was even a cotton candy machine that children gather around.
From The Daily Beast
By then, spectators were heading for the cotton-candy stand, applauding the ride.
From The Daily Beast
Sometimes it's cotton-candy-content, but sometimes it's real meat.
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Reading it is the literary equivalent of having cotton candy turn to ashes in your mouth.
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Chocolate melts, cotton candy disintegrates, graham-cracker walls separate, and gingerbread roofs eventually cave in.
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I feel a funny feeling in my stomach, like maybe it is full of supersuds or something, and my mouth is dry like cotton candy.
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