sugar grove


Origin of sugar grove

1
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Words Nearby sugar grove

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How to use sugar grove in a sentence

  • It was late in the afternoon when a woman came hurrying down the slope through the maple-sugar grove.

  • Uncle Jacob Irons, who lived near Masontown fifteen miles away, had a large sugar grove.

    Watch Yourself Go By | Al. G. Field
  • A fine sugar grove is near us and a large lake with fine fish, and soil good, but the Indians are not yet to be trusted.

    The Jefferson-Lemen Compact | Willard C. MacNaul.
  • Now in all the region round about sugar grove school-house there was a great dearth of sensation.

    The End Of The World | Edward Eggleston