sugar grove

noun

1. sugarbush ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar grove¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Example Sentences

It was late in the afternoon when a woman came hurrying down the slope through the maple-sugar grove.

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Uncle Jacob Irons, who lived near Masontown fifteen miles away, had a large sugar grove.

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A fine sugar grove is near us and a large lake with fine fish, and soil good, but the Indians are not yet to be trusted.

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Now in all the region round about Sugar Grove school-house there was a great dearth of sensation.

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