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Sugar Loaf Alley
1) East out of Mark Lane, nearly opposite the Old Navy Office. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, ...

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Sugar Loaf Court
1) West out of Garlick Hill at No.14 (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward. Near Little Trinity Lane. Fi...

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Sugar Loaf Yard
See Sugar Loaf Court, Angel Alley. ...

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sugar-loaf sea
High turbulent waves with little wind. ...

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Loaf
·vi To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. II. Loaf ·vt To spend in idleness; — wit...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
loaf
To be in bad loaf, to be in a disagreeable situation, or in trouble. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to loaf
To lounge; to idle away one's time. The verb is of still more recent origin than the noun. The Sena...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Sugar
·vt To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with. II. Sugar ·noun Compli...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
sugar
n. slang for money. It may be doubtedif it is specially Australian. 1887. J. Bonwick, `Romance of ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Sugar Loaf Alley, Court
East out of Moor Lane, leading into Sugarloaf Court, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Str...

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Angel and Sugar Loaf Yard
In the Minories (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. Named after a house there with ...

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Sugar Loaf (Sugarloaf) Court, Angel Alley
South out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831). First mention: "S...

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Sugar Loaf Court, Lamb Alley
West out of Lamb Mley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed 1720, I. ii. 108-Lond. Guide, 1758). ...

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Sugar Loaf Court, Leadenhall Street
South out of Leadenhall Street, at No.49, to Fenchurch Buildings (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. ...

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bread-loaf
household bread ; opposed to rolls, or bread in a smaller form. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
cob-loaf
a crusty, deformed loaf. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
solmas-loaf
bread given away on All-Souls day. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Confectioners' sugar
·add. ·- A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, ·esp. suited to confectioners' uses. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Sugar-house
·noun A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory. ...

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sugar stick
The virile member. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
sugar sops
Toasted bread soked in ale, sweetened with sugar, and grated nutmeg: it is eaten with cheese. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
sugar-ant
n. a small ant, known in many partsof Australia by this name because of its fondness for sweetthing...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
sugar-bag
n. nest of honey, and the honey. 1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 67: «Th...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
sugar-grass
n. an Australian grass, Erianthus fulvus, Kunth., N.O. Gramineae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nati...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
sugar-gum
n. an Australian Gum, Eucalyptuscorynocalyx of South Australia and North-Western Victoria.The folia...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
sugar maple
(Acer saccharintem.) A handsome forest tree from 50 to 80 feet high, from the sap of which is made t...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
sugar orchard
A collection of maple trees selected and preserved in the forest for the purpose of making sugar the...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Sugar Baker's Court
East out of Creechurch Lane. In Aldgate Ward (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1912). First mention: "Sugar ...

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Sugar Baker's Yard
See Sugar Baker's Court. ...

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