sugar-cube

plural sugar-cubes

1. rareRare form of sugar cube.

   He left his room and went back into the kitchen. There was no bread. He took some rusks, an orange, some sugar-cubes, the remains of a bar of chocolate.

   1991, Tony Duvert, translated by D. R. Roberts, part II, in When Jonathan Died, London: GMP Publishers, →ISBN, page 170

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   The professor meanwhile opened the drawer again, producing a square cardboard box. He removed its cover, sighed and took out some sugar-cubes and put two in each cup. “The captain wishes to study,” he murmured reminiscently. His eyes folllowed^([sic]) the sugar-cubes as they slowly settled to the bottom.

   1978, Shammai Golan, translated by Reuven Ben Yosef, “The Death of Uri Peled”, in Yael Lotan, editor, Ariel: A Quarterly Review of Arts and Letters in Israel, number 47, Jerusalem: Cultural and Scientific Relations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4

   The addition of enemy bombers helps to make the game more interesting from a difficulty point of view, although the demo mode – which did not exist on the B-bit games – does nothing to promote game content. The Spit merely takes off, shoots a few sugar-cubes at nothing in particular and tends.

   1988 June, “Merlin Still Casts a Spell: Spitfire 40”, in Oliver Frey, editor, The Games Machine: Computer & Electronic Entertainment, number 7, Ludlow, Shropshire: Newsfield, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Reviews” section, page 60, column 4