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was sugaring

  • past progressive
    of sugar.
    sugar
    noun
    a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.

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Asked to explain this lunatic proceeding I could only say that I was sugaring for moths; these airy fairy gentlemen having a very human liking for a "wee drappie o't."

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

When she reached home, Mrs. Dayton was sugaring blackberries and placing the dishes on the waiter.

From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Douglas, Amanda M.