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sweet sixteens

sweet sixteens is the plural 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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Questions about sweet sixteens

What is sweet sixteens the plural of?
Sweet sixteens is the plural of sweet sixteen.

Words near sweet sixteens in the dictionary

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  5. sweet sixteen
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