sugar-loaf
adjective
resembling a sugar-loaf.
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sugar-loaf
American
[shoog-er-lohf]
/ ˈʃʊg ərˌloʊf /
Or
sugar-loafed
adjective
sugar loaf
British
noun
-
a large conical mass of hard refined sugar See also loaf sugar
-
something resembling this in shape
Etymology
Origin of sugar-loaf
First recorded in 1600–10
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So I will not be sticking it to Subway and its sugar-loaf mountain.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2020
It was already dark when we made out the round roof of the village of Maniacolom, with its sugar-loaf ricks of paddy-straw, peeping above the stockade which incloses its area.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
Two squadrons of Driscoll's were sent to clear the sugar-loaf hill.
From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eug?ne du Moulin
The wood was but fifty yards from our sugar-loaf.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
Just then a tall, gaunt man appeared from behind the sugar-loaf rock, and hailing the boat, pointed to a narrow strip of beach some yards away to his left.
From The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa by J. Percy-Groves
A chipped crockery bowl appeared from the pantry, alongside the butter and eggs and milk and the sugar loaf and the nutmeg grater and the small amber flask.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
A stone held between his feet, cut in the shape of a sugar loaf, whilst a rope fastened him to his boat, helped him to descend more rapidly.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
At five in the afternoon, the ship was about a quarter of a mile from the land, discovered by three large hills of a sugar loaf appearance being close to them.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish
The easternmost is the smallest island and most remarkable, having a high sugar loaf hill.
From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by William Bligh
On their heads, when they go out upon any excursion, particularly whaling or fishing, they wear a kind of cap or bonnet in form not unlike a large sugar loaf with the top cut off.
From The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island by John Rodgers Jewitt
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