sweetman

/ (ˈswiːtˌmæn) /

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noun plural -men

(in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman

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Words nearby sweetman

sweetie pie, sweetiewife, sweeting, sweetish, sweetleaf, sweetman, sweet marjoram, sweet marten, sweetmeal, sweetmeat, sweet mock orange

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I had spent all my life at school, from the day when my father and mother kissed me for the last time in Miss Sweetman's parlour.
The Late Miss Hollingford|Rosa Mulholland
But Miss Sweetman was busy, and only puckered up her mouth and ordered me back to my seat.
The Late Miss Hollingford|Rosa Mulholland
Outside the house of Frederick Wingate two men stood talking; he saw, with surprise, that one of them was Mr. Sweetman.
Detectives, Inc.|William Heyliger
Mr. Sweetman cried something inarticulate and plunged for the porch.
Detectives, Inc.|William Heyliger

You and Sweetman thought it was the beating of a human heart.
Detectives, Inc.|William Heyliger

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