rocky road

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Noun

rocky road (countable and uncountable, plural rocky roads)

  1. Any of several forms of candy containing lumps of chocolate, marshmallows and nuts.
  2. A variety of chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and almonds.
    • 2010, Erin Bolger, The Happy Baker:
      Who needs a pint of rocky road when you can head to the kitchen and work out your heartache with a whisk and a bottle of wine?
  3. (figurative) A rough time, course etc.
    • 2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “After some alarms, Sleeper awakens”, in Rail, page 48:
      It's been a rocky road for Caledonian Sleeper, but one that shows signs of recovery, albeit slow.

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