What does lumps of delight mean?

lumps of delight

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

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British usage; Archaic

"Twelve "lumps of delight," as the Mussulman — not mussel man — calls his sweetmeats!"
"Rosa replies: “I want to go to the Lumps-of-Delight shop.” “To the—?” “A Turkish sweetmeat, sir. My gracious me, don’t you understand anything? Call yourself an Engineer, and not know that?”"

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