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Meanings of barley-sugar in English

Spanish
azucar cande

A brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar.

        azucar cande
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        Examples for "barley candy"
        1
        And Fidelia, in her mother's lap, rode along and sucked a stick of barley candy in silent bliss.
        Young Lucretia and Other Stories
        Usage of barley-sugar in English
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        Lantier, who felt gay, was sucking his barley-sugar, and smacking his lips.
        L'Assommoir
        2
        They look as though made of barley-sugar and are very slippery.
        South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
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        Lantier, who had finished the pastilles, took some barley-sugar out of another jar.
        L'Assommoir
        4
        The manufacture of barley-sugar is a familiar example of crystallization.
        The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17,...
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        Sandy held out the barley-sugar, following it with wistful eyes.
        The History of David Grieve
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        There, Cesare, there are barley-sugar and candied angelica for you.
        The Gadfly
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        They've bags of venom under their tongues, barley-sugar though they look-andthat's her colour.
        Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5
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        Annabel, safe in her high chair, sucked at her barley-sugar.
        Mary Poppins in the Kitchen
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        After these interesting revelations we had barley-sugar all round, and the coach rattled into Durnford.
        Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances
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        There, take some more barley-sugar to sweeten your temper.
        The Gadfly
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        If you'd wanted Strasburg pies or barley-sugar temples, I could have brought you them by cartloads.
        The Lovels of Arden
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        Let me count two hearts, four red fishes, three barley-sugar horses, nine almonds, and a dozen chocolate drops.
        Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
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        Remember I'm not made of barley-sugar.
        The Devil's Garden
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        I cannot dine on barley-sugar.
        The Uncommercial Traveller
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        Early taste for barley-sugar, perhaps!
        One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2
        16
        I had had no Gregory; then I should have no barley-sugar kiss: so he decided with a touch of irritation.
        Memories and Portraits
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