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Definition: Sugarplum |
SugarplumNoun1. Any of various small sugary candies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sugarplum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Crosswords: Sugarplum |
| English words defined with "sugarplum": Kissing comfit. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sugarplum | 18 |
bakery sugarplum | 6 |
dance of the sugarplum fairy | 4 |
fairy sugarplum | 3 |
honeybunch sugarplum | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sugarplum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sheqerkë (candy, caramel, Goody, sweet, sweetie, sweetmeat, sweety, taffy, toffee, toffy), bonbone (bonbon, candy, nicy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кръгъл захарен бонбон, подкуп (boodle, bribe, drop, fix, graft, grease, hush money, oil, palm grease, palm oil, payoff, payola, refresher, subornation, sweetener, vail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lockspeise. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κουφέτο (candy, sweetmeat), ζαχαρωτό (bonbon, candy, comfit, sweetmeat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ugarplumsay bombom (bonbon, bon-bon, chocolate, comfit, goody, sweetie, sweetmeat, sweety). (various references) круглый леденец. (various references) šećerlema (lollipops). (various references) confite (confection, sweetmeat). (various references) sockerpulla. (various references) ขนมหวาน (sweet). (various references) pohpohlama (adulation, flattery, incense, palaver, rose water, soft soap), bonbon (boiled sweet, bonbon, candy, comfit, confection, taffy), şekerleme (boiled sweet, bonbon, butterscotch, candy, catnap, confection, confectionery, doze, fondant, forty winks, fourty winks, goodies, kip, kiss, lay down, lie down, nap, snooze, sugar candy, sweetie, sweeties, sweetmeat, sweets, sweety, taffy, toffee, toffy), şeker kaplı meyve. (various references) хабар (boodle, bribe, brokage, douceur, gratification, gratuity, payola, rake off, sop, swag), круглий льодяник, нагороджувати ласощами, лестощі (adulation, cajolement, cajolery, flattery, oil, palaver, sugar, sycophancy, wheedle), балувати (cosher, cosset, featherbed, grandmother, mollycoddle, pamper). (various references) kẹo bi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sugarplum": sugarplums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-l-m-p-r-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: grampus. | |
-3 letters: algums, almugs, ampuls, augurs, aurums, gramps, grumps, larums, murals, pulsar, rumpus. | |
-4 letters: algum, almug, alums, ampul, argus, arums, augur, aurum, gamps, gaums, gaurs, gramp, grams, grasp, grump, guars, gular, gulps, gurus, lamps, larum, luaus, lumps, lupus, magus, marls, mauls, mural, muras, palms, plasm, plugs, plums, prams, praus, psalm, pumas, purls, ramps. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-l-m-p-r-s-u-u" | |
+1 letter: sugarplums. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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