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sugarbags

sugarbags is the plural 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 sugarbags

alternative formsugar bags
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Questions about sugarbags

What is sugarbags the plural of?
Sugarbags is the plural of sugarbag.

Words near sugarbags in the dictionary

  1. sugar-plums
  2. sugar-sweet
  3. sugarallie
  4. sugarally
  5. sugarbag
  6. sugarbags
  7. sugarbeet
  8. sugarbeets
  9. sugarberries
  10. sugarberry
  11. sugarbird

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