Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A local term for the sweet sap drawn from a sugar-maple (which see, under
maple ).
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- noun Attributive form of
sugar water
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Examples
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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."
This Summer, a Snowball Fight Heats Up in Louisiana Shalini Ramachandran 2011
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Then take the fruit out of the sugar-water and let it dry on a wire rack.
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Hummingbirds love red flowers, and a simple sugar-water mixture in a feeder.
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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.
Apple’s Hot Ticket: New Laptops Next Week - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Gradually add the sugar-water to the flour mixture.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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In fact, the product is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added.
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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.”
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Combine sugar-water, lime juice and the rest of the water in a large pitcher.
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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.
Summery Cocktails 2010
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Iced tea: Drink the real, unsweetened stuff, not the sugar-water posers.
Always Hungry? 7 Ways To Harness Your Hunger And Master Satiation The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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