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noun Chiefly Southern and Midland U.S.
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Compare long sweetening.
Origin of short sweetening
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Words nearby short sweetening
short-staffed, shortstop, short story, short straw, short subject, short sweetening, short-tailed shearwater, short-tailed shrew, short-tempered, short-term, short-termism
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How to use short sweetening in a sentence
People in the valleys use sugar exclusively—'short sweetening,' as you call it.
Sunlight Patch|Credo Fitch HarrisShe enquired of her guests, "if they chose long sweetening, or short sweetening in their coffee."