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sugar skulls

sugar skulls is the plural of sugar skull.

Meaning of sugar skull

Noun

sugar skull (plural sugar skulls)

  1. (Mexico) A brightly colored skull face icon, placed on the grave of the deceased to celebrate their life during festivals and feast days.
    Synonyms:
    calavera
  2. A more modern design of the same style, often done as a tattoo, and normally darker in colour and more macabre.

Questions about sugar skulls

What is sugar skulls the plural of?
Sugar skulls is the plural of sugar skull.

Words near sugar skulls in the dictionary

  1. sugar shack
  2. sugar shacks
  3. sugar shanty
  4. sugar sickness
  5. sugar skull
  6. sugar skulls
  7. sugar snap pea
  8. sugar snap peas
  9. sugar soap
  10. sugar soaps
  11. sugar spoon

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