spun sugar

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spun sugar

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uncountable Hardened sugar syrup spun into long filaments, usually to then make cotton candy. Without one of the ordinary inducements which light up the saloon, and cover the supper-table with spun-sugar temples...and in giving parties, she only fulfilled the destiny attached to such possessions.

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noun hardened sugar syrup in filaments

Italiano	zucchero filato

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@misc{spun_sugar_2026,
  title = {spun sugar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spun%20sugar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}