Definition of Sugarplum

1. Noun. Any of various small sugary candies.

Generic synonyms: Candy, Confect

Definition of Sugarplum

1. n. A kind of candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks.

Definition of Sugarplum

1. Noun. (American English) (alternative spelling of sugar-plum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sugarplum

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sugarplum

sugarier
sugariest
sugarily
sugariness
sugaring
sugarings
sugarless
sugarlessness
sugarlike
sugarloaf
sugarloaves
sugarman
sugarmen
sugarolly
sugarpie
sugarplum (current term)
sugarplums
sugars
sugartime
sugarwater
sugary
sugescent
suggest
suggested
suggester
suggesters
suggestibilities
suggestibility
suggestible
suggesting

Literary usage of Sugarplum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Four Years in the Ionian Islands: Their Political and Social Condition. With edited by Viscount Kirkwall (1864)
"... Station—Local Society without a Head—A too secluded Ruler— A Wedding in High Life—sugarplum Surfeit—Privileged Englishmen— The Marriage Ceremonies—" Let ..."

2. The Racing Calendar by National Hunt Committee, London (1885)
"... Mi Phillips's Ы. m. by sugarplum, ont of Mr GD Lee's Miss Williams, aged, Diana, 5 yrs, 12st 3ffi - - Mr H. Owen - 5 to 2 agst the sugarplum mare, ..."

3. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1893)
"1862 с. by sugarplum - - - ) 1863 f. by Virginius (s. of Annandale) - - S Mr PMV ... of 1860 bc by sugarplum - - - i Isles (s. of j Lancelot) I ..."

4. Tchaikovsky by Edwin Evans (1906)
"The part of the sugarplum Fairy was entrusted to a lady who, although a highly ... The dance of the sugarplum Fairy is the last of all, just before the ..."

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