sweetie

[ swee-tee ]
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noun
  1. Informal. sweetheart.

  2. Usually sweeties. British. candy; sweets.

Origin of sweetie

1
First recorded in 1695–1705; sweet + -ie

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How to use sweetie in a sentence

  • Poll was a person who rather despised sweeties and kickshaws.

    Birds and Man | W. H. Hudson
  • Can't you take some nashty medicine or sticky sweeties or cough drops to make you better?

    Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne Arthur
  • On this I did what I suppose was expected: I inquired if there was a shop near where they could buy sweeties.

    The Way of All Flesh | Samuel Butler
  • We asked the group to appoint one of their number to receive some money to buy "sweeties" for the party.

  • Ah, well, I notice that grown-up—that people older than me don't seem to care for sweeties before their dinner.

    The Judge | Rebecca West

British Dictionary definitions for sweetie

sweetie

/ (ˈswiːtɪ) /


nouninformal
  1. sweetheart; darling: used as a term of endearment

  2. British another word for sweet (def. 20)

  1. mainly British an endearing person

  2. a large seedless variety of grapefruit which has a green to yellow rind and juicy sweet pulp

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