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sugarloaf
[ shoog-er-lohf ]
noun
, plural sug·ar·loaves [shoog, -er-lohvz].
- a large, usually conical loaf or mass of hard refined sugar: the common form of household sugar until the mid-19th century.
- anything resembling this in shape.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sugarloaf1
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
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Example Sentences
Within another two days the Sugarloaf Dunes would be deserted so far as campers were concerned.
From Project Gutenberg
The culminating point of this peak is a sugarloaf-shape mass of pure snow, about one hundred feet above all adjacent points.
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The timber in Sugarloaf Valley drew speculators—he sold options and bought a place in the logging development.
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We jest go out around by the Sugarloaf–we're close inshore all the time.
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Do you know that bit of flat on the other side of Sugarloaf Hill?'
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