sweetie
English
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editsweetie (plural sweeties)
- (often as a term of address) A person who is much loved.
- Synonyms: honey, sweetheart, sweetie pie
- 2022 April 8, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1493 - Everyday:
- "But... Do you feel better now?" "Much better, sweetie, thank you. Now I get to be a girl everyday."[sic]
- A sweetheart.
- A fruit that is a crossbreed between a grapefruit and a pomelo, originating in Israel.
- Synonym: oroblanco
- (childish, UK) A sweet; a candy.
- Can I have a box of sweeties for being a good boy?
Descendants
edit- → Kashubian: switus (Canada, United States)
Translations
editsweetheart — see sweetheart
Jamaican Creole
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Noun
editsweetie (plural sweetie dem, quantified sweetie)
- sweetie
- 2010 March 10, “Grab Up Yuh Crotches” (track 12), in Remedy Riddim[1], performed by Vybz Kartel:
- She love sweetie, she know weh di lollipop is
- She loves (to eat) sweeties, she knows where the lollipop is.
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