sugarbag

Syllables: su·gar·bagUK/ˈʃʊɡəbæɡ/US/ˈʃʊɡɚbæɡ/

sugarbag noun: a bag, typically made of cloth, for holding sugar.

Noun

sugarbag (countable and uncountable, plural sugarbags)

(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
- He took the reeking sack as if there were indeed huskies waiting to devour its contents and added it to his load: a sugarbag of provisions, a bottle of fresh water from the tap in the yard that went stright down to another invisible river that flowed far beneath their feet.2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 25
(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
- One day Djungun said to his wives, 'I will help you to hunt for sugarbag.'1980, Daisy Utemorrah, Visions of Mowanjum: Aboriginal Writings from the Kimberley, page 43

Might be sugarbag here.' And he can hearem, 'Ah, yeah, sugarbag, all right.'1993, Grace Koch, Harold Koch, Kaytetye Country: An Aboriginal History of the Barrow Creek Area:
Two significant resources requiring special tools were tree grubs and wild honey or 'sugarbag'.1996, Records of the South Australian Museum, volumes 29-30, page 71:
Sugarbag is a widely used colloquial Aboriginal-English name for the honey from native bees.2004, Vic Cherikoff, Dining Downunder: The Cook Book, page 157:
While gathering 'sugarbag', or native honey, a day or so later, the young teenagers again came very close to being shot: The troopers were dog tired.2005, Tony Roberts, Frontier Justice: A History of the Gulf Country to 1900:

From sugar + bag; sense 2 (“wild honey or honeycomb”) was originally a word used by Aboriginal Australians.

What does sugarbag mean?: Sugarbag means a bag, typically made of cloth, for holding sugar.
How do you use sugarbag in a sentence?: Might be sugarbag here.' And he can hearem, 'Ah, yeah, sugarbag, all right.'
What part of speech is sugarbag?: Sugarbag is a noun.
How do you pronounce sugarbag?: Sugarbag is pronounced /ˈʃʊɡəbæɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of sugarbag?: The plural of sugarbag is sugarbags.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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