sugar candy

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noun

a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.
a person or thing that is pleasing.

Origin of sugar candy

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words Nearby sugar candy

Other definitions for sugar-candy (2 of 2)

sugar-candy

[ shoog-er-kan-dee ]

adjective

excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
pertaining to or characteristic of someone or something that is pleasing.

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How to use sugar candy in a sentence

It is extremely soluble in water, and can be obtained in large transparent prismatic crystals, as in common sugar-candy.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas Anderson
Is Sharpe's small article like a bit of sugar-candy, too, Ellen?
Charlotte Bront | T. Wemyss Reid
Dr Pereira recommends the addition of sliced lemon and sugar-candy, to render it more palatable.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
Sugar dissolved in water, and permitted to evaporate, yields crystals of sugar-candy.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) | Various
The French workmen employ a ground of Armenian bole, mixed with powdered sugar-candy, by means of white of egg.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for sugar candy

sugar candy

noun

Also called: rock candy large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
mainly US confectionery; sweets

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