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1. a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.2. a person or thing that is pleasing.[1350-1400; ME]
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sugar-candy — /shoog euhr kan dee/, adj. 1. excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar candy stories in family magazines. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of someone or something that is pleasing. * * * … Universalium
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