sugar report

English

Noun

sugar report (plural sugar reports)

  1. (slang, dated) A love letter.
    • 1954, Esquire, volume 41, number 2, page 12:
      […] your fine magazine […] is a pleasure to read anywhere, but in an isolated spot such as this it's almost as good as a sugar report from the best girl!
    • 1997, The Evangelical Advocate, volumes 93-94:
      […] Donovan Humble always putting a picture of his beloved wife, Jean on the dresser; Ray Smith always asking after the day's mail delivery if he'd gotten a sugar report; or Dorothy Meadows driving all night to get home.
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