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toffee noun [ ˈtɒfi ]

• a kind of firm or hard sweet which softens when sucked or chewed, made by boiling together sugar and butter, often with other ingredients or flavourings added.
• "a pound of walnut toffee"
• nonsense; rubbish.
• "please don't expect me to fall for this load of old toffee"
Origin: early 19th century: alteration of taffy.

not be able to do something for toffee

• be totally incompetent at doing something.
"Jill said I couldn't sing for toffee"



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