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sweet thirteen

sweet thirteen noun: synonym of bat mitzvah.

Noun

sweet thirteen (plural sweet thirteens)

  1. (slang) Synonym of bat mitzvah.
    Synonyms:
    bat mitzvah

Synonyms of sweet thirteen

Forms of sweet thirteen

pluralsweet thirteens
alternative formsweet 13

Origin of sweet thirteen

From sweet + thirteen. Coined in analogy to sweet sixteen; an Americanization of the Jewish threshold of adulthood time for girls.

Questions about sweet thirteen

What does sweet thirteen mean?
Sweet thirteen means synonym of bat mitzvah.
What part of speech is sweet thirteen?
Sweet thirteen is a noun.
What is the plural of sweet thirteen?
The plural of sweet thirteen is sweet thirteens.

Words near sweet thirteen in the dictionary

  1. sweet talker
  2. sweet talkers
  3. sweet tea
  4. sweet teas
  5. sweet thing
  6. sweet thirteen
  7. sweet thirteens
  8. sweet thorn
  9. sweet thorns
  10. sweet tooth
  11. sweet tooths

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