Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
jelly baby
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ She was left holding a jelly baby of shrivelled skin, her fingers glued together, webbed by a sticky emission.
Wiktionary
jelly baby
n. (context chiefly British English) a gelatine confectionery designed to approximate the shape of a human baby
Usage examples of "jelly baby".
Wentworth never showed this much interest in anyone who wasn't a jelly baby.
Wentworth never showed this much interest in anyone who wasnt a jelly baby.