brandy ball
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traditional boiled sweet like a bullseye, flavoured with peppermint, cinnamon, etc.
Example Sentences
- "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."