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sweetmeats

sweetmeats is the plural of sweetmeat.

Meaning of sweetmeat

Noun

sweetmeat (plural sweetmeats)

  1. A sweet delicacy; a confection.
    • At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 119
  2. (informal) Sweetheart; darling.
    • “Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered.2010, Scott Nicholson, The Gorge

Questions about sweetmeats

What is sweetmeats the plural of?
Sweetmeats is the plural of sweetmeat.

Words near sweetmeats in the dictionary

  1. sweetman
  2. Sweetmans
  3. Sweetmans Creek
  4. sweetmeal
  5. sweetmeat
  6. sweetmeats
  7. sweetmen
  8. sweetness
  9. sweetness and light
  10. sweetnesse
  11. sweetnesses

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