pan-drop Sc.
[f. pan n.1 + drop n. 10 e.]
A hard, peppermint-flavoured sweet, shaped like a flattened sphere.
| 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 257/1 A core or centre of some kind is required, and this may consist either of a seed or fruit..; or it may be a small lozenge, as in the case of pan drops. 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie v. 29, I thoucht it was pan-drops ye cam' oot for, or conversation-losengers. 1927 Glasgow Herald 7 Sept. 12/7 An' there's nae mae tears since ye've got him wi' the poke o' pan-draps in his han'. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 106 Wir haean a duff, an' treacle..an twa pan drops. 1964 Scotsman 14 Oct. 5 What was described in court as ‘a classical line of traditional Scottish sweet—pan drops’. 1966 W. Merrilees Short Arm of Law 184 These..were not chocolates at all but hard peppermint sweets..pan-drops as we called them in Scotland. |