Any quantity of sugar that the matron thought, reasonable for the patients was to be provided; lump sugar was to be allowed to the house surgeon, matron and pupil.
"The sugar for the coffee--is it lump sugar or granulated?"
The fast approach of the coming century is heralded by a newfangled fountain pen, a feeble telephone and lump sugar.
Its centre is white as lump sugar, invigorated by fierce sunshine and a keen, thin air.
There was a trail of tiny black ants running along the edge of the shelf, and a swarm of them over the small tin box in which I kept lump sugar.
She handed Josh a sugar bowl, with white squares of lump sugar glistening like snow, and a couple of round-backed, almost S-shaped little teaspoons.
The family members often use cinnamon, cloves and red and black peppers, softened with a dash of jaggery, an unrefined lump sugar that tastes like maple sugar.
It stocks bread, canned beets, some salty cheese, soap, shovels and, for ration coupons, lump sugar.
He opened and spilled out lump sugar, maps, terribly amateurish faked travel orders from the Machine.
A shopping list he wrote for his butler reveals a penchant for "best lump sugar" and the wares of Fortnum & Mason (also a favourite of Henry James and Wilkie Collins).