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brown sugar

–noun
1. unrefined or partially refined sugar that retains some molasses.
2. a commercial product consisting of white, refined sugar to which molasses has been added.
3. Slang. brownish-colored heroin manufactured illicitly in Mexico.

Origin:
1695–1705
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brown sugar  
n.  
  1. Unrefined or incompletely refined sugar that still retains some molasses, which gives it a brownish color.

  2. A commercial product made by the addition of molasses to white sugar.

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