sugaring off
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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This un assuming collection of portraits, snap shots of sugaring off, cutting ice, cats, dogs and family parties quietly grows on the reader.
From Time Magazine Archive
They're going up for my spring vacation and take in the sugaring off.
From The Story of Sugar by Bassett, Sara Ware
"It was spring, and they were invited to a sugaring off party, and they saw the men tap the trees to make—" "Maple sugar," cried Beth, who knew that, if she knew anything.
From What Two Children Did by Chittenden, Charlotte E.
The great occasions for the boy, though, are the times of "sugaring off."
From New National Fourth Reader by Barnes, Charles J.
"Are you sugaring off already?" questioned Bob with evident disappointment.
From The Story of Sugar by Bassett, Sara Ware
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