sweet-and-sour
[ sweet-n-souuhr, -sou-er ]
adjective
cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
Origin of sweet-and-sour
1First recorded in 1925–30
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How to use sweet-and-sour in a sentence
When done cut in thin slices, put in a flat pan, cover with sweet-and-sour sauce, and simmer for five minutes.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book | Victor Hirtzler
British Dictionary definitions for sweet-and-sour
sweet-and-sour
adjective
(of food) cooked in a sauce made from sugar and vinegar and other ingredients
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