sugarloaf
noun
a large, usually conical loaf or mass of hard refined sugar: the common form of household sugar until the mid-19th century.
sugarloaves
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pluralof sugarloaf.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Food is what moves people,” says Carlos Perdomo, who sells unrefined sugarloaves known as papelón in an area called Samán where protesters congregated Tuesday.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2016
Cecil arrived at Cambridge the day before the queen to set all things in order, and received from the university a customary offering of two pairs of gloves, two sugarloaves, and a marchpane.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
They looked like sugarloaves held up by sticks.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
