"sugarcube" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1976, “Orenstein, Philip”, in Judith Tannenbaum, editor, New York Art Yearbook, 1975–1976, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Noyes Art Books, →ISBN, page 77, column 2:",
          "text": "Small abstract sculptures in cast metal. A number of these gray pieces take the form of step-like towers that taper gradually toward the top. Others freely combine regular, geometric shapes—a cylinder, rectangle, or spiral—with dense aggregates of small sugarcube-like metal bits.",
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          "ref": "1991, “Sonic Boom”, in Ira A. Robbins, editor, The Trouser Press Record Guide, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: Collier Books, →ISBN, page 622, column 1:",
          "text": "To bake a mind-altering cake nowadays, you’ve got to smash a few sugarcubes.",
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          "ref": "2003, Krista Madsen, Degas Must Have Loved a Dancer, Livingston, Ala.: Livingston Press at The University of West Alabama, →ISBN, page 94:",
          "text": "He puts a few sugarcubes on the spoon and runs the alcohol over it, the sugar disintegrating into the liquid.",
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          "ref": "2009, Benjamin Obler, Javascotia, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 352:",
          "text": "Palate-wise, it was nothing new. It was a synthetic kind of coffee flavor, like spraypaint and tree bark. A few sugarcubes helped the cause, for both my tongue and my brain, the latter struggling to overcome irritation and get to that place of bright clarity, to attain that souped-up inconquerability that only coffee brings.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, “Pinkie Pie”, in My Little Pony Adventures: The Animated Series – Show Bible, Hasbro, Inc.:",
          "text": "Another reason Pinky throws countless parties is that she REALLY loves eating sweets. So if you’re looking for her you’ll have a good chance at finding her at the Sugarcube Sweet Shoppe.",
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          "ref": "2014, James Stewart Polshek, Build, Memory, New York, N.Y.: The Monacelli Press, →ISBN, page 32:",
          "text": "After the building was completed, a documentary film represented the massing as a series of sugarcube-like boxes.",
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          "ref": "2015 April, Jim Wirth, “Live: Rocking in the Free World; Julian Cope, Village Underground, London, January 29, 2015”, in John Mulvey, editor, Uncut, number 215, London, →ISSN, page 105, column 2:",
          "text": "Elsewhere, sugarcube-sweetness softens the acid-edges of Cope’s ‘spike Parliament’ fantasy “Psychedelic Revolution”, while there is even affection redeeming “Liver As Big As Hartlepool”.",
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          "ref": "1976, “Orenstein, Philip”, in Judith Tannenbaum, editor, New York Art Yearbook, 1975–1976, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Noyes Art Books, →ISBN, page 77, column 2:",
          "text": "Small abstract sculptures in cast metal. A number of these gray pieces take the form of step-like towers that taper gradually toward the top. Others freely combine regular, geometric shapes—a cylinder, rectangle, or spiral—with dense aggregates of small sugarcube-like metal bits.",
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          "ref": "1991, “Sonic Boom”, in Ira A. Robbins, editor, The Trouser Press Record Guide, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: Collier Books, →ISBN, page 622, column 1:",
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          "text": "Palate-wise, it was nothing new. It was a synthetic kind of coffee flavor, like spraypaint and tree bark. A few sugarcubes helped the cause, for both my tongue and my brain, the latter struggling to overcome irritation and get to that place of bright clarity, to attain that souped-up inconquerability that only coffee brings.",
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          "ref": "2009, “Pinkie Pie”, in My Little Pony Adventures: The Animated Series – Show Bible, Hasbro, Inc.:",
          "text": "Another reason Pinky throws countless parties is that she REALLY loves eating sweets. So if you’re looking for her you’ll have a good chance at finding her at the Sugarcube Sweet Shoppe.",
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