Sugarloaf Definition & Meaning

American

Etymology

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sugarloaf American [shoog-er-lohf] / ˈʃʊg ərˌloʊf /

noun

plural

sugarloaves

1. a large, usually conical loaf or mass of hard refined sugar: the common form of household sugar until the mid-19th century.

2. anything resembling this in shape.

Etymology

Origin of sugarloaf

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

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Citizen Punch, sitting under his humped back and sugarloaf hat on the lip of the little stage, his floppy legs dangling, is performing for the rowdy seaside audience below him.

From The New Yorker

You’ll want to surrender, as Sand did, to the enchantment of the “picturesque, sugarloaf village” that rises at the summit, a sand castle amid the clouds.

From New York Times

When I finally went to Accra that Christmas I discovered among other things: sugarloaf pineapple, hip-life music, and my father's other offspring.

From The Guardian

“The first rains we get here will leave the mountains white as a sugarloaf down to their very foot.”

From Project Gutenberg

"They were delighted when we were able to market their sugarloaf pineapple in Europe."

From BBC

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