Turkish delight

Meaning

Noun

• A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings.

Origin

• Allegedly coined by an English traveller who could not pronounce the Arabic name, 18th c.{{cite-web
• |title=Sweet little history
• |work=The Telegraph
• |author=Victoria Combe
• |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/3304763/Sweet-little-history.html
• |date=May 03, 2003