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sugarplum

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sug·ar·plum  (shgr-plm)
n.
A small round piece of sugary candy.
sugarplum [ˈʃʊgəˌplʌm]
n
(Cookery) a crystallized plum
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sugarplumsugarplum - any of various small sugary candies
candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
Translations
sugarplum [ˈʃʊgəplʌm] N → confite m


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It was only how to put a core of truth within the ornaments, that every sugarplum, in fact, might have an almond or caraway seed in it -- though I hold that almonds are most wholesome without the sugar -- and not how the inhabitant, the indweller, might build truly within and without, and let the ornaments take care of themselves.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
He brought, on one pretext or another, presents to everybody, and almost every day; and went, with the landlord's little girl, who was rather a favourite with Amelia, by the name of Major Sugarplums.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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