"boiled sweet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boiled sweets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boiled sweet (plural boiled sweets)
  1. (British) A hard sweet, made by boiling sugar, which gradually dissolves when sucked. Wikipedia link: boiled sweet Tags: British Synonyms: hard candy [US]
    Sense id: en-boiled_sweet-en-noun-QtmBMmjF Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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