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candy [3 records]

Record 1 2010-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
DEF

Crystallized sugar made by repeated boiling and slow evaporation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
DEF

Produit de confiserie à base de sucre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Productos de confitería y chocolatería
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Record 2 1998-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Criminology
OBS

Pills/cocaine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Criminologie
OBS

Jargon carcéral

OBS

Source(s) : Gestionnaire de projets en sécurité, à l'administration régionale du Québec; Manuel de formation du SCC [Service correctionnel du Canada], module 2, séance 2 : «The Prison Sub-culture».

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Beads and Small Glassware
DEF

A kind of bead, varying in size from very small to as much as an inch in diameter, built up by layers of coloured glass (usually red, white and blue), and often ground at the end to show the layers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perles de verre et verroterie
DEF

Type de perles de dimensions variées, allant des très petites à celles d'un pouce de diamètre, faites de différentes couches de verre de couleur (généralement rouge, blanc et bleu) et souvent polies aux extrémités pour exposer les couches.

Spanish

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