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
Example Sentences
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So I will not be sticking it to Subway and its sugar-loaf mountain.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2020
Weird and fantastic he was, with the tails of his long coat flapping behind, and the sugar-loaf hat atop his head.
From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey
A sugar-loaf hill and a small kopje stand in front of the ridge at about the centre.
From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eug?ne du Moulin
Meanwhile the two squadrons had occupied the sugar-loaf hill and the small kopje, which were about 1,000 yards from the main ridge.
From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eug?ne du Moulin
Darkness and the broad brim of his sugar-loaf hat effectually concealed even the outlines of Chauvelin's face, and Martin-Roget fell to musing over one or two things which Carrier had blurted out awhile ago.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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
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
A signal station was also established on the top of Meyer's Kop, and communication opened with Conical Hill, a sugar loaf peak about five miles south of Bethlehem.
From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eug?ne du Moulin
I said to Hiram yesterday that the last sugar loaf I bought was worth its weight in silver.
From Benefits Forgot A Story of Lincoln and Mother Love by Honoré Morrow
The eggs are conical in form—something like a sugar loaf, with ridges running from apex to base, and very delicate lines from ridge to ridge transversely.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux
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