sweeting
noun
a sweet variety of apple.
sweetings
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pluralof sweeting.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Early in the season were the soft yellow sweetings; then the streaked red and green "Northern Spies"; and last of all the snow-apples with their contrast of deep crimson outside and white flesh within.
From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Worth Brehm
But come, my sweetings, ’tis time I got your supper.
From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"I suppose those pound sweetings that used to be in that farthest bin were eaten up months ago?"
From A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett
I was Elijah, and my attendants were the ravens who plied me with sweetings in all stages of development until I could not have swallowed another to save the combined kingdoms of Judah and Israel.
From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland
We would take our choice of the yellow sweetings, the hard white snow apples, or the little red-cheeked fellows from the west tree.
From The Claim Jumpers by Stewart Edward White
