bar sugar
n.— «Another name for superfine sugar is bar sugar, so you might be able to find it where bar supplies are sold.» —“About Superfine Sugar” Washington Post Oct. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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I began working in bars in Chicago in the mid nineteen-eighties, and “bar sugar” was common as the term then, though it never got much use as an ingredient in any bars where I worked. I believe it was called that in San Francisco as well, where I also worked.