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sweetmen

sweetmen is the plural of sweetman.

Meaning of sweetman

Noun

sweetman (plural sweetmen)

  1. (dated, African-American Vernacular) A male pimp.
    • He recalled the colored sweetmen and touts and girls with whom he had been familiar in America, some who lived in the great obscure region of the boundary between white and black.1929, Claude McKay, Banjo: A story without a plot

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Questions about sweetmen

What is sweetmen the plural of?
Sweetmen is the plural of sweetman.

Words near sweetmen in the dictionary

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

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