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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.〔(The Interview – Walkers' Nonsuch – world famous for English toffee & more ) ''The Grocery Trader'', September 2006. Accessed 4 October 2008.〕〔(The Caledonian Confectionary Company: McCowan's ) Accessed 4 October 2008.〕 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.〔(Toffee-hammer used for breaking windows ) Museum of London. Accessed 11 January 2012.〕 The term "toffee hammer" may also be used to refer to any unusually small hammer, for example in orthopedic surgery,〔(Product:Mallet. Description: Toffee Hammer ) Surgical Holdings Catalogue. Accessed 4 October 2008.〕 or to a scaffolder's tool that resembles a toffee hammer.〔(Scaffold Tools ) Scaffolder Shop. Accessed 4 October 2008.〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toffee hammer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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