short sweetening

noun

Chiefly Southern and Midland U.S.

Discover More

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Discover More

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

She enquired of her guests, "if they chose long sweetening, or short sweetening in their coffee."

His companion, seeing this, preferred "short sweetening."

Don't forget, they use 'short sweetening' all the time here in coffee, but they never call it anything but sugar.

People in the valleys use sugar exclusively—'short sweetening,' as you call it.

I should say, cut down on short sweetening.

Browse