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short sweetening

noun

, Chiefly Southern and Midland U.S.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of short sweetening1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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Example Sentences

People in the valleys use sugar exclusively—'short sweetening,' as you call it.

She enquired of her guests, "if they chose long sweetening, or short sweetening in their coffee."

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