sugar-tit

[ shoo g-er-tit ]
/ ˈʃʊg ərˌtɪt /

noun

a piece of cloth containing moist sugar, wrapped to resemble a nipple and used to pacify an infant.

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Also sug·ar-teat [shoo g-er-teet] /ˈʃʊg ərˌtit/.

Origin of sugar-tit

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby sugar-tit

sugar-candy, sugar-coat, sugar-cured, sugar-free, sugar-loaf, sugar-tit, sugarallie, sugarberry, sugarbird, sugarbush, sugarcane
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