sugarbag
(uncountable, Australia) Wild honey or honeycomb.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(uncountable, Australia) Wild honey or honeycomb.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(countable) A bag, typically made of cloth, for holding sugar.
He took the reeking sack as if there were indeed huskies waiting to devour its contents and added it to his load: a sugarbag of provisions, a bottle of fresh water from the tap in the yard that went stright down to another invisible rive…
Origin: From ; sense 2 (“wild honey or honeycomb”) was originally a word used by Aboriginal Australians. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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