fairy floss

See also: fairyfloss

English

Fairy floss

Alternative forms

• fairyfloss

Etymology

From fairy +‎ floss.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

fairy floss (uncountable)

1. (Australia) Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick.
   • 2009, Rex Ellis, Chapter 3: Cocklebiddy, the Sydney Show and Kybo Station: Go with the Flow, page 25:

     The girls were already bagging fairy floss, and stockpiling it as fast as they could.

   • 2005, Liane Moriarty, The Last Anniversary‎^[1], page 282:

     Sophie hands an impatient child a stick of fairy floss and sees Grace walk by, pushing the baby in his stroller.

   • 2011, Jacqueline Delaney, Professor Yish Kabibble in the Curse of the Scruttles‎^[2], page 22:

     Sergeant Snottle pulled out from under his long black chest plate a piece of pink and blue fairy floss.

Synonyms

• candy floss (British)
• cotton candy (US, Canada)

Derived terms

• Persian fairy floss

Translations

fairy floss — see candy floss

Further reading

• Cotton candy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia