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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

Forms of sugar bag

pluralsugar bags

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 ants
  2. sugar apple
  3. sugar apples
  4. sugar babies
  5. sugar baby
  6. sugar bag
  7. sugar bags
  8. sugar baker
  9. sugar bakers
  10. sugar basin
  11. sugar basins

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