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noun
A small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From the Yorkshire town of the same name, Pontefract, where production of the sweets can be traced back to the 1500s.
