·noun Flattery; soft phrases.
II. Taffy ·noun A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
i.e. Davy. A general name for a Welchman, St. David being the tutelar saint of Wales. Taffy's day; t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A kind of candy made of molasses, flour, and butter, baked in a pan. New York. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.