Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA sweet. · A sweet consisting of a disc of jelly, usually aniseed-flavoured, covered in sprinkles.
From Yorkshire dialect of unclear origin, possibly related to dialectal term spice (“sweets”). More specific sense comes from the Yorkshire-based sweet company Bassett's, who used the term to describe one component of their liquorice allsorts mixture.
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