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penny sweet noun[ C ] UKold-fashioneduk /ˌpen.i ˈswiːt/ us /ˈpen.i ˌswiːt/(USpenny candy) a cheap sweet, originally one that cost one penny or less: There was a small shop selling penny sweets. We spent our pocket money on penny sweets. The taste is a cross between an old-fashioned penny sweet and summer berries. It's a traditional seaside resort with penny sweets, hot dogs, and donkey rides. They were selling children's penny sweets in many of their stores. It was expensive confectionery, not penny sweets. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Sweets almond paste baking chocolate barley sugar bitter chocolate bittersweet chocolate confectioner confectionery cooking chocolate cotton candy couverture licorice liquorice lollipop lolly marchpane snow cone sourball spun sugar stick of rock sugared almond |