sugar-loaf

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sugar-loaf (plural sugar-loaves)

1. (historical) A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century.
2. (obsolete) A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf.
   • 1607, Thomas Dekker, John Webster, Westward Ho:

     why, do not I know you, grannam? and that sugar-loaf?

3. Ellipsis of sugar-loaf chicory, a certain cultivar.
4. Ellipsis of sugar-loaf cabbage, a certain cultivar.

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