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sugar-camp Maple Industry

• n. the place in a sugar bush where sugaring-off (def. 1) takes place, including the building and equipment.

  See also: camp (def. 4)  maple camp  sugaring-hut  sugary (def. 2)  

  • 1845  A visit to a sugar-camp is an interesting sight to a stranger. . . .
  • 1905  In the modern "sugar camp" things are much more convenient than formerly.
  • 1963  It was not easy to get around the country to the sugar camps. . . .