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sugar-plums

sugar-plums is the plural of sugar-plum.

Meaning of sugar-plum

Noun

sugar-plum (plural sugar-plums)

  1. A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.
  2. (dated) A piece of flattery.
  3. Term of endearment: sweetheart, darling.
  4. Uapaca kirkiana, an southern African fruit tree.
  5. The fruit of this tree.
  6. The prune plum.

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Questions about sugar-plums

What is sugar-plums the plural of?
Sugar-plums is the plural of sugar-plum.

Words near sugar-plums in the dictionary

  1. sugar-maple borers
  2. sugar-maples
  3. sugar-mill
  4. sugar-mills
  5. sugar-plum
  6. sugar-plums
  7. sugar-sweet
  8. sugarallie
  9. sugarally
  10. sugarbag
  11. sugarbags

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