Meaning of brandy ball | Babel Free

Definitions

A traditional boiled sweet like a bullseye, flavoured with peppermint, cinnamon, etc.

Examples

“And yet I discovered, when a frequently recurring fit of sickness had forced Job to keep a strict look-out, that this unprincipled old man was in the habit of enticing the boy to his rooms and there feeding him upon unlimited quantities of brandy-balls, and making him promise to say nothing about it.”

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