sugar-tit

American

[shoog-er-tit] / ˈʃʊg ərˌtɪt /

Also sugar-teat

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of sugar-tit

First recorded in 1840–50

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sugar-tit

A matter of the soul!" said Benjamin Wright; "a matter of—of a sugar-tit for a toothless baby!

From The Awakening of Helena Richie by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

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