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maple sugar ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
Origin of maple sugar An Americanism dating back to 1710–20 Examples from the Web for maple sugar Historical Examples of maple sugar
It was sweetened by maple-sugar; and each helped himself to cream to his own liking.
Mayne Reid
The value of maple-sugar lies mainly in its pleasant flavor.
Jacques W. Redway
And that was made all of candies, the chairs and table of maple-sugar, and the couch of cocoanut.
Joseph Jacobs
The horses that drew them were either pressed sugar or maple-sugar.
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Wasis, however, paid no heed to him, but went on sucking his maple-sugar.
The Myths of the North American Indians
Lewis Spence
British Dictionary definitions for maple sugar maple sugar noun
- US and Canadian sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple