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spun sugar

NOUN
cotton candy
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There were still clouds, but so wispy they had an iridescent sheen like spun sugar.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2024

I’m acquainted with the treat made popular by Minibar yet I still smile at the confection, now widely copied, which finds a cube of cognac-spiked foie gras torchon beneath a pink tuft of spun sugar.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2023

But look closer, and you might marvel that these floral arrangements, as spindly as spun sugar, are fashioned from glass.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2023

Stars Hollow, like the family relationship around which it revolves, is a TV fantasy built on a foundation of spun sugar.

From Salon Feb. 25, 2021

For the sweet, each guest was served a skull of spun sugar.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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