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Turkish delight

noun

  1. a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.


Turkish delight

noun

  1. a jelly-like sweet flavoured with flower essences, usually cut into cubes and covered in icing sugar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Turkish delight1

First recorded in 1865–70

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