Meaning of brown-sugary | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Resembling or characteristic of brown sugar.
2. With brown sugar.

Examples

“A gentleman residing in Devonshire, and, therefore, in a warm and growing climate, has failed in his Pine crop, inasmuch as the fruit, when cut⟳ and brought to table, though fine in size, tastes, as we should say⟳ of a turnip in my country, mosey, and has one insipid, brown-sugary flavour pervading it, and no other.”

“The color of the Tamworth, usually described as red, and by the Shrewsbury judges called sandy, is a sort⟳ of brown-sugary yellow or yellowish brown, with more or less of a reddish tinge.”

“The strong, brown-sugary smell⟳ of the Phloxes again is very disagreeable to some people; […]”

“Where the chalk has been burnt and it crumbles it assumes the look⟳ of brown sugar, and wherever this brown-sugary appearance is present⟳ about the rock windows and doors of one of these castles in the air, we know⟳ the manner of its reduction.”

“The D. P. W. men wrestled with the brown-sugary stuff that impeded traffic on the paved streets, and they are doomed to wrestle⟳ again today, according to the best advices from the weather bureau.”

“There seemed to be a considerable amount of sugar and thick syrup. / “Guess⟳ you got your money’s worth,” Bronson remarked. “Whew, but doesn’t it smell⟳ brown-sugary!””

“Perhaps, in that coarse brown-sugary sand, by flashlight, I could have⟳ missed Salmon’s ankle or shoulder if he was buried there.”

“[…] what interested them even more was that he showed them how to cook⟳ sand-pies and cakes in the sun so that they tasted not of sand at all, but of the most delicious brown-sugary shortbread.”

“The real old-time butterscotch flavor—you’ll know⟳ it as soon as you taste⟳ it. Rich and brown-sugary. Smooth and crystal clear, as homemade butterscotch sauces seldom can be.”

“We bit into our chocolate chip cookies, brown-sugary and delicious, and I wished, fervently, that somehow, today, I would know⟳ what to do with myself when it came to boys.”

“Excellent sides include⟳ brown-sugary sweet-potato casserole and bitter greens.”

“Daisy untied the bow and pulled open⟳ the bag to sniff the creamy brown-sugary goodies.”

“i’m usually a chocolate-in-my-cookies kind of gal, but for brown-sugary, caramel-packed bars, I’ll make⟳ an exception.”

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