Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who refines sugar.
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Examples
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On his return to town he found that the sugar-refiner had died and that his widow was inconsolable — in other words, in want of consolation.
Barchester Towers 2004
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Mr. Slope returned to town, and promptly consoled the widow of a rich sugar-refiner.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910
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She persuaded him to sell his business in London, and to invest the money in a partnership with a brother of hers, established as a sugar-refiner at Antwerp.
The Legacy of Cain Wilkie Collins 1856
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On his return to town he found that the sugar-refiner had died and that his widow was inconsolable -- in other words, in want of consolation.
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848
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CSR, the world's fifth-largest sugar-refiner, said on Monday Wilmar had agreed to buy its sugar arm, Sucrogen, ending a year-long effort to either spin-off or sell the asset and pushing its share price up as much as 5 percent in a broadly weak market.
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CSR, the world's fifth-largest sugar-refiner, said on Monday Wilmar had agreed to buy its
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CSR, the world's fifth-largest sugar-refiner, said on Monday Wilmar had agreed to buy its
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