short sweetening
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of short sweetening
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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She enquired of her guests, "if they chose long sweetening, or short sweetening in their coffee."
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His companion, seeing this, preferred "short sweetening."
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Don't forget, they use 'short sweetening' all the time here in coffee, but they never call it anything but sugar.
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People in the valleys use sugar exclusively—'short sweetening,' as you call it.
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I should say, cut down on short sweetening.
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