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sweet tooth

American  

noun

  1. a liking or craving for candy and other sweets.

sweet tooth British  

noun

  1. a strong liking for sweet foods

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sweet tooth Idioms  

  1. A love for sugary foods, as in You can always please Nell with cake or ice cream; she has a big sweet tooth. This expression dates from the late 1300s, although it then referred not only to sweets but other delicacies as well.

Etymology

Origin of sweet tooth

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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