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
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
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
Golden Porters, crystalline and winy, were to be had in their brief season; and succulent sweetings, to bake with molasses; and gilliflowers, purple and mealy, and little scarlet sapsons, of which one eats without counting.
From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Nay, come in, then, sweetings both; come in and sit ye 62down: little Willie has been in the garden long enough, though you know I grudge you not the flowers, wench.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
