[PW] ? Sugar-man

[Cramer, Jeff]

Thoreau has a reference to a “sugar-man” such as “the young Rothschild
has.” In context it appears to be some sort of candy or sweet. I can’t
seem to find an exact reference or definition. Can anyone help? Many thanks
in advance. 

 

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