barley sugar

noun

a brittle, amber-colored, transparent candy, formerly boiled in a decoction of barley, consisting of sugar, cream of tartar, and orange or lemon juice, usually twisted into strips or molded into a variety of shapes.

Also called barley candy.

Origin of barley sugar

First recorded in 1705–15

Words nearby barley sugar

barley coal, barleycorn, barley sack, barley sandwich, barley stripe, barley sugar, barley water, barley wine, bar line, barlow, Barlow's disease

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Example sentences from the Web for barley sugar

We cannot prove that each time a cab drives down Regent Street a stick of barley-sugar is not created in Sirius.
Is Life Worth Living?|William Hurrell Mallock
The general returned to his confections, and his aide-de-camp to the barley-sugar.
A Winter Amid the Ice|Jules Verne
There is a quiver—a snap—and a dull smash and a heavy rail is nipped in two like a stick of barley-sugar.
From Sea to Sea|Rudyard Kipling
You see very fat old men crying like babies; and, like babies, sucking enormous sticks of barley-sugar.
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: The Irish Sketch Book|William Makepeace Thackeray

It's my belief it's the barley-sugar has got something to do with it.
That Little Beggar|E. King Hall

British Dictionary definitions for barley sugar

barley sugar

noun

a brittle clear amber-coloured sweet made by boiling sugar, originally with a barley extract

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	barley sugar
释义	barley sugar noun a brittle, amber-colored, transparent candy, formerly boiled in a decoction of barley, consisting of sugar, cream of tartar, and orange or lemon juice, usually twisted into strips or molded into a variety of shapes. Also called barley candy. Origin of barley sugar First recorded in 1705–15 Words nearby barley sugar barley coal, barleycorn, barley sack, barley sandwich, barley stripe, barley sugar, barley water, barley wine, bar line, barlow, Barlow's disease Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barley sugar We cannot prove that each time a cab drives down Regent Street a stick of barley-sugar is not created in Sirius. Is Life Worth Living?\|William Hurrell Mallock The general returned to his confections, and his aide-de-camp to the barley-sugar. A Winter Amid the Ice\|Jules Verne There is a quiver—a snap—and a dull smash and a heavy rail is nipped in two like a stick of barley-sugar. From Sea to Sea\|Rudyard Kipling You see very fat old men crying like babies; and, like babies, sucking enormous sticks of barley-sugar. The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: The Irish Sketch Book\|William Makepeace Thackeray It's my belief it's the barley-sugar has got something to do with it. That Little Beggar\|E. King Hall British Dictionary definitions for barley sugar barley sugar noun a brittle clear amber-coloured sweet made by boiling sugar, originally with a barley extract Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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