sugarallie
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sugar + Scots alicreesh, allacreesh (“liquorice”),[1] earlier alacreische, probably through Dutch lakkeris from Old French licorece, licoresse,[2] whence English licorice, liquorice.
Noun[edit]
sugarallie (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “sugarallie, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “alicreesh, allacreesh, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.