comfits in English
noun
1
a candy consisting of a nut, seed, or other center coated in sugar.
They would often prepare egg custard, comfits , lambs' tails, white sugar sweets, fig pies and wafers, and give their mothers nosegays of wild flowers that had been blessed in church.
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1. N Confectioner One who compounds preparations, as drugs.; n Confectioner One who makes Confectionery or confections; specifically, one who makes or sells candies, candied fruits, bonbons, caramels, comfits, or other articles prepared with sugar, as cake, ice-cream, etc.