sugar-loaf

Definitions

1. A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century.
   historical
2. A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf.
   obsolete
3. Ellipsis of sugar-loaf chicory, a certain cultivar.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
4. Ellipsis of sugar-loaf cabbage, a certain cultivar.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“why, do not I know⟳ you, grannam? and that sugar-loaf?”

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