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sweetie

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sweet·ie  (swt)
n. Informal
Sweetheart; dear.
sweetie
Noun
Informal
1. an affectionate name to call someone
2. Brit & NZ same as sweet (sense 8)
3. Chiefly Brit a lovable or generous person
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sweetiesweetie - a person loved by another person
steady, sweetheart, truelove
lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
dulcinea, ladylove - a woman who is a man's sweetheart
sugar daddy - a wealthy older man who gives a young person expensive gifts in return for friendship or intimacy
valentine - a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?"


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Archie and Charlie, evidently great cronies, were pacing up and down, shoulder to shoulder, whistling "Bonnie Dundee"; Mac was reading in a corner, with his book close to his near-sighted eyes; Dandy was arranging his hair before the oval glass in the hat-stand; Geordie and Will investigating the internal economy of the moon-faced clock; and Jamie lay kicking up his heels on the mat at the foot of the stairs, bent on demanding his sweeties the instant Rose appeared.
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"I heard you say you liked chocolate sweeties, so I got you some," he said.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
conversation sweeties at three farthings"--"What's this?
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