Toffee hammer
A toffee hammer is a very small hammer designed for breaking up sheets or slabs of hard toffee, such as bonfire toffee, into small pieces suitable for consumption. A toffee hammer is sometimes included as a novelty item in gift packs produced by toffee manufacturers.[1][2]
Toffee hammers were used by suffragettes, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union, for breaking windows as a form of protest during their campaign for votes for women.[3]
The term toffee hammer may also be used to refer to any unusually small hammer, for example in orthopedic surgery, or to a scaffolder's tool that resembles a toffee hammer.[4]
References
- ^ The Interview – Walkers' Nonsuch – world famous for English toffee & more The Grocery Trader, September 2006. Accessed 4 October 2008.
- ^ The Caledonian Confectionery Company: McCowan's Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 4 October 2008.
- ^ Toffee-hammer used for breaking windows Museum of London. Accessed 24 December 2017.
- ^ Scaffold Tools[dead link] Scaffolder Shop. Accessed 4 October 2008