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nonpareil
A word used in Tasmania for the coloured dots that you put on bread and butter that Victorians call hundreds and thousands: I am going to put nonpareils on my bread. [from French nonpareil without equal]
Contributor's comments: I have lived in Tasmania my whole life and still at the age of 27 eat hundreds and thousands and have never heard this term used!
Contributor's comments: I have been a Taswegian for 70+yrs and have always used this word or the term hundreds & thousands often.
Contributor's comments: [Sydney informant] I was under the impression that nonpareil was the singular of "hundreds and thousands". Otherwise you would have to call a single coloured ball of sugar a "hundred or thousand." That of course would be silly, so the very sensible word "nonpareil" is used.
Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] I always understood that nonpareil was the proper name for hundreds and thousands. So sprinkle that on your fairy bread and enjoy.
Contributor's comments: Term is used in SA, but not as common as Hundreds & Thousands. Nonpareils are often single colour, usually silver, possibly gold, whereas hundreds & thousands are multi-coloured. Non-pareils may be slightly larger.