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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sugar of milk, sugar orchard, sugar pea, sugar pie, sugar pine, sugarplum, sugars, sugar snap pea, sugar soap, sugar spoon, sugar the pill
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Example sentences from the Web for sugarplum
A sugarplum may help one to forget a bee-sting, but a death-thrust is another matter.
Mary Ware in Texas|Annie F. JohnstonShe 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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