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sugar-bag

sugar-bag is the alternative form of sugarbag.

Meaning of sugarbag

Noun

sugarbag (countable and uncountable, plural sugarbags)

  1. (countable) A bag, typically made of cloth, for holding sugar.
    • Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139
  2. (Australia, uncountable) Wild honey or honeycomb.
    • Still clinging, with sharp, expert blows she tomahawked into the hollow, exactly at the spot where the sugar-bag was.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 272

Questions about sugar-bag

What is sugar-bag the alternative form of?
Sugar-bag is the alternative form of sugarbag.

Words near sugar-bag in the dictionary

  1. sugar up
  2. sugar walls
  3. sugar water
  4. sugar-apple
  5. sugar-apples
  6. sugar-bag
  7. sugar-baker
  8. sugar-bakers
  9. sugar-bread
  10. sugar-butter sauce
  11. sugar-butter sauces

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