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sweet 16

sweet 16 is the alternative form of sweet sixteen.

Meaning of sweet sixteen

Noun

sweet sixteen (plural sweet sixteens)

  1. (US, informal) A girl's sixteenth birthday, or sixteenth-birthday party and a related coming of age party.
    • But one tradition associated with the age hangs on: the Sweet Sixteen celebration. Symptomatic of at least a partial swing away from counterculture sentiments, the Sweet Sixteen party—relatively dormant during the anti‐Establishment turmoil of the late 60's and early 70's—is becoming popular again...1978 January 4, Lynn Ames, “Sweet Sixteen: A Rite That Persists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2021
  2. Sixteen.

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Forms of sweet 16

pluralsweet 16s

Questions about sweet 16

What is sweet 16 the alternative form of?
Sweet 16 is the alternative form of sweet sixteen.

Words near sweet 16 in the dictionary

  1. sweet
  2. sweet 13
  3. sweet 13s
  4. sweet 15
  5. sweet 15s
  6. sweet 16
  7. sweet 16s
  8. sweet 17
  9. sweet 17s
  10. sweet acacia
  11. sweet alison

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