British Dictionary definitions for sweetman

sweetman

noun plural -men

(in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman

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Examples from the Web for sweetman

Historical Examples

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
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

sweetman

Examples from the Web for sweetman

Historical Examples

Mr. Sweetman cried something inarticulate and plunged for the porch.

You and Sweetman thought it was the beating of a human heart.

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.

But Miss Sweetman was busy, and only puckered up her mouth and ordered me back to my seat.

Outside the house of Frederick Wingate two men stood talking; he saw, with surprise, that one of them was Mr. Sweetman.