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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A local term for the sweet sap drawn from a sugar-maple (which see, under maple).
Wiktionary
- n. Attributive form of sugar water
Examples
“Then take the fruit out of the sugar-water and let it dry on a wire rack.”
“As for Mr. Sciortino's trademarks of many flavors, Mr. Wendling says, "This isn't rocket science; it's just sugar-water flavorings, the same as Kool-Aid.”
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“Hummingbirds love red flowers, and a simple sugar-water mixture in a feeder.”
“In fact, the product is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added.”
“Initial reviews after the 1960 publication -- which marks its 50th anniversary Sunday -- were mixed; an August 1960 review by Phoebe Adams in The Atlantic Monthly called it “pleasant, undemanding reading” and “sugar-water served with humor.””
“For example, he takes two ounces of white rum, 3/4 ounce of fresh lime juice and 3/4 ounce of simple syrup (a boiled sugar-water blend) and shakes it all up with ice, adding a herb sprig or two as a garnish.”
“Iced tea: Drink the real, unsweetened stuff, not the sugar-water posers.”
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“Gradually add the sugar-water to the flour mixture.”
“Without another Seattle Computer Products to exploit (like when they bought DOS for a song) or a sugar-water salesman in charge of Apple to sign a foolish contract with (which is where Windows came from) they are lost.”
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“Combine sugar-water, lime juice and the rest of the water in a large pitcher.”
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