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sweet 17

sweet 17 is the alternative form of sweet seventeen.

Meaning of sweet seventeen

Noun

sweet seventeen (plural sweet seventeens)

  1. (US, colloquial) A girl's seventeenth birthday, or seventeenth-birthday party. It is often used to mitigate a failed sweet sixteen birthday.

Forms of sweet 17

pluralsweet 17s

Questions about sweet 17

What is sweet 17 the alternative form of?
Sweet 17 is the alternative form of sweet seventeen.

Words near sweet 17 in the dictionary

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

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