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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

  • 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.

    Brazilian Billionaire Is a Control Freak 2010

  • 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.

    Brazilian Billionaire Is a Control Freak 2010

  • 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

  • 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

    take a hike | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog 2010

  • 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

    take a hike | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog 2010

  • 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.

    Jian Nan subtropical evergreen forests 2008

  • Set with a sugarloaf cabochon emerald, weighing approximately 39.74 carats, within a bombé pavé-set emerald surround, mounted in silver and gold.

    Courtesy of Christie’s Colored diamond... 2006

  • Men in sugarloaf hats held court with Moroccan pipes in one hand.

    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

  • Men in sugarloaf hats held court with Moroccan pipes in one hand.

    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

  • 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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  • a hill or mountain shaped like a sugarloaf

    January 30, 2008