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Literary notes about sugar plum (AI summary)

While "sugar plum" in literature is most often associated with sweet confections or used as a whimsical proper name, there is at least one striking instance where the term functions as a color descriptor. In an evocative passage, an author contrasts a “chocolate” roof with “sugar plum” windows, suggesting that the windows shine in a soft, lustrous hue reminiscent of a sugared, ripe plum—a blend of sensual richness and playful delicacy [1]. This imaginative use of a culinary term to describe a visual quality exemplifies how authors can transform everyday words into vibrant, evocative color imagery.
  1. The roof is chocolate, and the windows are sugar plums.
    — from Story Hour Readers — Book Three by Alice Christie Dillon

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