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sugar parent

sugar parent noun: a person who spends money for the benefit of a younger person, typically in exchange for companionship or sexual favors.

Noun

sugar parent (plural sugar parents)

  1. (slang) A person who spends money for the benefit of a younger person, typically in exchange for companionship or sexual favors.
    • "[…] Get yourself a Sugar Daddy!—a Sugar Parent—to help you with the daily stuff."1987, Jean Stewart, "Transcendence", in Marsha Saxton and Florence Howe, Eds., With Wings: An Anthology of Literature by and about Women with Disabilities, Feminist Press (1987), p. 131
    • That's why you'll either need a sugar-parent (let's not be gender biased here), or another source of income.2001, Rhonda Whitton and Sheila Hollingworth, A Decent Proposal: How to Sell Your Book to an Australian Publisher, Common Ground (2001), pp. 105–106

Forms of sugar parent

pluralsugar parents

Questions about sugar parent

What does sugar parent mean?
Sugar parent means a person who spends money for the benefit of a younger person, typically in exchange for companionship or sexual favors.
What part of speech is sugar parent?
Sugar parent is a noun.
What is the plural of sugar parent?
The plural of sugar parent is sugar parents.

Words near sugar parent in the dictionary

  1. sugar out
  2. sugar palm
  3. sugar palms
  4. sugar paper
  5. sugar papers
  6. sugar parent
  7. sugar parents
  8. sugar paste
  9. sugar pea
  10. sugar peas
  11. sugar phosphate

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