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toffee

 noun
     
tof‧fee [uncountable and countable]
1DFC a sticky sweet brown substance that you can eat, made by boiling sugar, water, and butter together, or a piece of this substance
2

can't do something for toffee

British English informal to be very bad at doing something:
He can't sing for toffee!
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