“Sugar mules are such
mules as are sold in the mule markets to be taken to the sugar plantations of
Georgia, Louisiana and other Southern States for agricultural purposes. They are larger, taller, heavier boned, and
usually of more quality and finish than cotton mules.”
Reprinted
from the 1930 instructional pamphlet for the International Correspondence
Schools via the Small Farm Journal, Lynn R. Miller, ed., Winter, Vol.21, No. 1,
325 Barclay Rd., Sisters, OR 97759.
Definitions:
Main Entry: 1
mule
Pronunciation: 'myü(&)l
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French mul, from Latin mulus
Date: 13th century
1
a : a hybrid
between a horse and a donkey; especially
: the offspring of a male donkey and
a mare b : a self-sterile plant whether hybrid or not c : a usually sterile
hybrid
2
: a very stubborn person
3
: a machine for simultaneously
drawing and twisting fiber into yarn or thread and winding it into cops
4
slang : a person who smuggles or delivers illicit drugs
Main Entry: 2
mule
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, a kind of slipper,
from Latin mulleus shoe worn by
magistrates
Date: 1562
:
a shoe or slipper without quarter or heel strap -- compare SCUFF
Main Entry: 1
sug·ar
Pronunciation: 'shu-g&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English sugre, sucre, from Middle French sucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum,
from Old Italian zucchero, from
Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Skt sarkarA; akin to Sanskrit sarkara
pebble -- more at CROCODILE
Date: 14th century
1
a : a sweet
crystallizable material that consists wholly or essentially of sucrose, is
colorless or white when pure tending to brown when less refined, is obtained
commercially from sugarcane or sugar beet and less extensively from sorghum,
maples, and palms, and is important as a source of dietary carbohydrate and as
a sweetener and preservative of other foods b : any of various
water-soluble compounds that vary widely in sweetness and include the
oligosaccharides (as sucrose)
2
: a unit (as a spoonful, cube, or
lump) of sugar
3
: a sugar bowl
4
: love or sweetness of affection
5
: a term of endearment
6
: a loving spoonful, as in the song that goes, "might be a spoonful of coffee, might be a spoonful of tea, might be a spoonful of your precious love"
- sug·ar·less
/-l&s/
adjective
Main Entry: 2
sugar
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): sug·ared; sug·ar·ing /'shu-g(&-)ri[ng]/
Date: 15th century
transitive
senses
1
: to make palatable or attractive : SWEETEN
2
: to sprinkle or mix with sugar
intransitive
senses
1
: to form or be converted into sugar
2
: to become granular : GRANULATE
3
: to make maple syrup or maple
sugar
A cocktail called The Sugar Mule:
Combine --
3/4 Oz. Black Strap
Molasses or Brown Sugar to taste
3/4 Oz. Benedictine
3/4 Oz. Apricot Brandy
1 1/2 Oz. Bombay Gin
--then shake all ingredients
with cracked ice
and strain into a chilled
cocktail glass.