clear toys

clear toys
 n.pl.β€” Β«Moshey and belly-guts were also holiday treats. Moshey was both a term used to describe unpulled taffy as well as “clear toys”β€”candy made by boiling sugar in syrup.Β» β€”β€œBelsnickels & belly-guts: Holiday traditions of York past” by Scott Butcher York Daily Record (York, Pennsylvania) Dec. 10, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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