Definition of "sugarplum" []

• A small round piece of sugary candy. (noun)

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• "President Obama has reserved his $4 billion Race to the Top sugarplum for states with pro-charter policies."
• "Am I worried that my daughter, having danced the dance of the sugarplum fairies will abandon her Jewish identity?"
• "I always thought it was the opposite—chopping down a tree deprived one sugarplum fairy of her wings, or whatever."