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sweet-and-sour
[ sweet-n-souuhr, -sou-er ]
/ ˈswit nˈsaʊər, -ˈsaʊ ər /
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adjective
cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
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Origin of sweet-and-sour
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby sweet-and-sour
sweep under the rug, sweepy, sweer, sweet, sweet alyssum, sweet-and-sour, sweet basil, sweet bay, sweet birch, sweetbread, sweetbrier
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British Dictionary definitions for sweet-and-sour
sweet-and-sour
adjective
(of food) cooked in a sauce made from sugar and vinegar and other ingredients
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