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Meaning of fairy floss | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick.

Australia, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية غزل البنات
Čeština cukrová vata
Deutsch Zuckerwatte
Suomi hattara
हिन्दी बुड्ढी के बाल
Polski wata cukrowa
Svenska sockervadd

Examples

“Disconsolately they shot the water-chute, swung on the swings, ate fairy floss from the booth like⟳ nostalgic exiles from fairyland.”
“The girls were already bagging fairy floss, and stockpiling it as fast as they could.”
“Sophie hands an impatient child a stick⟳ of fairy floss and sees Grace walk⟳ by, pushing the baby in his stroller.”
“Sergeant Snottle pulled out from under his long black chest plate a piece of pink and blue fairy floss.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fairy flycatcher fairy folk fairy fort fairy garden fairy gerygone fairy godfather

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