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- noun Alternative spelling of
sugar-loaf .
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- noun a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar
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Examples
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Over the years Diniz turned his father's bakery, Pão de Açúcar ( "sugarloaf"), into Brazil's biggest grocer, then expanded into consumer electronics -- 48 acquisitions in all.
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Over the years Diniz turned his father's bakery, Pão de Açúcar ( "sugarloaf"), into Brazil's biggest grocer, then expanded into consumer electronics -- 48 acquisitions in all.
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At Seacombe, the upper part consists of 2-3 fathoms of stoutish conger line, to take the friction over the gunwale, and 5-6 fathoms of finer line, to the end of which a conical 'sugarloaf' lead is attached by a clove hitch, the short end being laid up around the standing part for an inch or so and then finished off with the strong, neat difficue (corruption of _difficult_?) knot.
A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900
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July 24, 2010 at 10:06 pm in the d.c area great falls is a great regular spot. sugarloaf mtn MD is nice as well as anything in the blue ridge mtns
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July 24, 2010 at 10:06 pm in the d.c area great falls is a great regular spot. sugarloaf mtn MD is nice as well as anything in the blue ridge mtns
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Interspersed among the granite are substantial areas of Paleozoic limestone including karst pinnacles and "sugarloaf hills" that support distinctive vegetation adapted to the seasonal drought conditions associated with this kind of subtrate.
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Set with a sugarloaf cabochon emerald, weighing approximately 39.74 carats, within a bombé pavé-set emerald surround, mounted in silver and gold.
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Men in sugarloaf hats held court with Moroccan pipes in one hand.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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Men in sugarloaf hats held court with Moroccan pipes in one hand.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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Men in sugarloaf hats held court with Moroccan pipes in one hand.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
treeseed commented on the word sugarloaf
a hill or mountain shaped like a sugarloaf
January 30, 2008