Recent Examples on the WebNo night out in Montréal, and no backwoods party at the cabane á sucre is complete without a big steaming pile of poutine. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2018 Yet, in spite of modernization and commercialization, some cabanes à sucre owners are working hard to accommodate large numbers while remaining as authentic as possible to the quaint sugar shack experience of the past. Elizabeth Warkentin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018 Ecuadoreans have grown accustomed to U.S. dollars, which their government adopted in 2000 to overcome soaring inflation and the sucre’s collapse. John Otis And, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018 Their output ranges from tarte au sucre and pouding chomeur at Cafe du Pays to black-and-white cookies and babka at Mamaleh’s to cherry cola cake and ice cream sandwiches at State Park. Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, from Antonio José de Sucre
First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
Geographical Definition
Sucre
geographical name
Su·cre ˈsü-(ˌ)krā
city southeast of La Paz in south central Bolivia population 244,000
Note: Sucre is Bolivia's constitutional capital.
Biographical Definition
Sucre
biographical name
Su·cre ˈsü-(ˌ)krā
Antonio José de 1795–1830 South American liberator