loaf sugar

noun

1. a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
2. small cube-shaped lumps of this, the form in which it was often sold

Example Sentences

Years later, an aged Hannah would recall, “On Sunday, the day of his death, when I brought his egg and milk, he could not drink it. His eyes looked so curious that I went out and told Mistus Sarah. She ran to the storeroom, got some brandy, loaf sugar and spice and burned the brandy and carried it to him. He took one or two teaspoonfuls and it revived him, but he didn’t speak the whole day.”

From Literature

I told General Hurlbut the result of my trip, and he complimented me very highly upon my success, and then gave me a "little smile" of brandy and loaf sugar, and a pass to Grand Junction.

From Project Gutenberg

Loaf sugar, chiefly from Marseilles, 6000 loads.

From Project Gutenberg

Do you know, I believe, as much as I believe that I am living, that if the Mississippi itself were pure whiskey and its banks loaf sugar, and all the flats covered with mint, and all the bushes grew teaspoons and tumblers, there would not be any more drunkenness than there is now!

From Project Gutenberg

Pare and cut in pieces 1 dozen peaches, or more, if desired, and boil with 1⁄2 pound loaf sugar.

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