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sugarplum

[ shoog-er-pluhm ]
/ ˈʃʊg ərˌplʌm /
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noun
a small round candy made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
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Origin of sugarplum

First recorded in 1600–10; sugar + plum (in the sense “small, rounded mass (of hardened sugar approximately the size of a plum)”

Words nearby sugarplum

sugar of milk, sugar orchard, sugar pea, sugar pie, sugar pine, sugarplum, sugars, sugar skull, sugar snap pea, sugar soap, sugar spoon
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Words related to sugarplum

candy, chocolate, confection, dessert, snack, bonbon, confectionery, confiture, delight, enjoyment, gratification, joy, pleasure, pudding, sweetmeat

How to use sugarplum in a sentence

  • A sugarplum may help one to forget a bee-sting, but a death-thrust is another matter.

    Mary Ware in Texas|Annie F. Johnston

  • She had taught it him verse by verse with the patience of an angel, and she had encouraged him to learn it with many a sugarplum.

    Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris|Henry Labouchre

British Dictionary definitions for sugarplum

sugarplum
/ (ˈʃʊɡəˌplʌm) /
noun
a crystallized plum
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