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sugar camp

noun

, Chiefly North Midland U.S., especially Indiana and Ohio.
  1. a grove of sugar maples.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar camp1

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

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Example Sentences

He drew up at the bars that led into old Blaisdell's sugar-camp, and Marietta, not waiting for him, sprang out over the wheel.

Had they not experienced the joys of the sugar camp while "stirring off" the lively, creeping maple sugar?

Stonnicker's fences and sugar-camp were used for fire-wood, corn-field for fodder, apple-trees stripped.

The brothers followed the tracks of the bear for several hours, but, not overtaking him, agreed to return to the sugar-camp.

A scouting party would be sent out to make arrangements at some sugar camp five or six miles away.

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