SWEETHEARTING

Etymology

Noun

sweethearting (uncountable)

(dated) courting; lovemaking

(business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family

Source: Wiktionary


Sweet"heart`ing, n.

Definition: Making love. "To play at sweethearting." W. Black.

SWEETHEART

Sweet"heart`, n.

Definition: A lover of mistress.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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