Meanings
- not comparablePleasant, delightful.
1 more example
“Hazel is a little firecracker,” she said. “She is sugar and spice. She’s incredibly, incredibly sweet and loving and sticks to you like glue, but is feisty with strangers and apparently found some way to survive out there for quite a few days, so she’s hardier than I would have thought she was. I’m very impressed.”
2024 March 22, Shannon Larson, “‘This is the happiest day of my life’: Mass. native reunited with missing dog after story about search goes viral”, in The Boston Globe, retrieved 06 Jun 2026
- uncountableA mixture of flavors.
Place one layer of apples in the pan making as nice and even layer as possible. You would probably use about 1 apple for each layer depending on how big they are. Once you’ve put down a layer, sprinkle on the sugar and spice mixture — just enough to coat the apples; not too thick.
2014 November 11, Gail Ciampa, “Sweet holiday treats from Newport chef feature layers of flavor”, in The Providence Journal, retrieved 06 Jun 20261 more example
We even took our coats off during lunch — that’s how warm it was — the better to dig into our lobster roll and the restaurant’s signature fries. These chubby fries are dusted with sugar and spice and are totally irresistible. If you get only one order, you’ll be fighting for every last wedge. Or feeding each other fries, since this is a romance story.
2021 January 20, Diane Bair, Pamela Wright, “Food and love are a great match in Portland, Maine. But does it make sense to go in winter?”, in The Boston Globe - idiomaticuncountableTwo things that are fundamentally different from each other.
Origin
Perhaps from sugar and spice and everything nice in the nursery rhyme What Are Little Boys Made Of?.
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sugar and spice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20and%20spice
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