sugar camp

nounChiefly North Midland U.S., especially Indiana and Ohio.

Origin of sugar camp

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

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He drew up at the bars that led into old Blaisdell's sugar-camp, and Marietta, not waiting for him, sprang out over the wheel.
Country Neighbors | Alice Brown
Had they not experienced the joys of the sugar camp while "stirring off" the lively, creeping maple sugar?
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra Meeker
Stonnicker's fences and sugar-camp were used for fire-wood, corn-field for fodder, apple-trees stripped.
Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive | Alf Burnett
The brothers followed the tracks of the bear for several hours, but, not overtaking him, agreed to return to the sugar-camp.
History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley | U. J. (Uriah James) Jones
A scouting party would be sent out to make arrangements at some sugar camp five or six miles away.
Bert Wilson on the Gridiron | J. W. Duffield

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