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sweetheartings

sweetheartings is the plural of sweethearting.

Meaning of sweethearting

Noun

sweethearting (usually uncountable, plural sweetheartings)

  1. (dated, usually) Courting; lovemaking.
    • She met her sweethearts on the street, at the soda fountain, in that trysting place for juvenile sweetheartings, the far corner of the post-office corridor.2022, Irvin S. Cobb, Sundry Accounts
  2. (usually) Theft by employees at the cash register, for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family.

Questions about sweetheartings

What is sweetheartings the plural of?
Sweetheartings is the plural of sweethearting.

Words near sweetheartings in the dictionary

  1. sweethearted
  2. sweetheartedly
  3. sweetheartedness
  4. sweethearthood
  5. sweethearting
  6. sweetheartings
  7. sweethearts
  8. sweetheartship
  9. sweetie
  10. sweetie pie
  11. sweetie pies

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