English has many traditional usages whose origins are lost to most of us. For instance 'A.B.' gumdrops. Not just an ordinary gumdrop apparently, and not a trade marked brand because everybody makes them. So what does the A.B. stand for? And how does an A.B. gumdrop differ from the ordinary kind?
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