sweeting
Americannoun
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a variety of sweet apple
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an archaic word for sweetheart
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sweeting
First recorded in 1250–1300, and in 1520–40 sweeting for def. 1; from Middle English sweting, suetyng; see origin at sweet, -ing 3
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Trip no further, pretty sweeting; journeys end in lovers meeting...
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
"Hush thee now, sweeting, hush thee now," she was saying, and she patted her hand.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
Dost know, sweeting, that had it not been for this knave Wardo, no great men nor little would have come upon thee?
From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Margaret West Kinney
When I presented myself to the group awaiting me under the big sweeting, a low, but fervent, groan of admiration broke forth as from one breast.
From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland
The pound sweeting, the spitzenberg, and many sister apples were there; and I stayed long enough to see them ripen into perfection.
From Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Beulah Strong
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
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
I cannot choose but think never were two such sweetings as Aubrey and his cousin Lettice Murthwaite.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
"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
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
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