sweetman

/ (ˈswiːtˌmæn) /

noun plural -men

(in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman

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weal

well-being, prosperity, or happiness.

the intervening time.

a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.

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Words nearby sweetman

sweetie pie, sweetiewife, sweeting, sweetish, sweetleaf, sweetman, sweetmeal, sweetmeat, sweetness and light, sweetsop, sweetveld

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Example sentences from the Web for sweetman

But Miss Sweetman was busy, and only puckered up her mouth and ordered me back to my seat.
The Late Miss Hollingford|Rosa Mulholland
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
You and Sweetman thought it was the beating of a human heart.
Detectives, Inc.|William Heyliger
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

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