short sweetening

noun

, Chiefly Southern and Midland U.S.

1. sugar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of short sweetening¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

She enquired of her guests, "if they chose long sweetening, or short sweetening in their coffee."

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His companion, seeing this, preferred "short sweetening."

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Don't forget, they use 'short sweetening' all the time here in coffee, but they never call it anything but sugar.

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People in the valleys use sugar exclusively—'short sweetening,' as you call it.

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I should say, cut down on short sweetening.

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