toffee apple

English
Toffee apples

Etymology

The weapon is named after the food item, having a similar shape, i.e. a sphere with attached stick or handle.

Noun

toffee apple (plural toffee apples)

  1. (chiefly British, New Zealand) A candy apple.
    Synonym: (US) candy apple
    Toffee apples and fairy floss are often sold as fairground snacks.
  2. (British, historical, slang) A kind of British trench mortar used in World War I.
    • 2014, Richard Baber, The SOTCW World War I Compendium:
      Here we would find, perhaps, three 18-pounder guns dug in as antitank defences supplemented by 60 lb "toffee apple" trench mortar bombs buried as makeshift anti-tank mines.

Translations

(candy apple):

candy apple — see candy apple
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