Definitions
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- noun Obsolete form of
sweetmeat .
Etymologies
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sweat (“sugary”) + meat (“solid food”)
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Examples
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It could be just fresh fruit, or some dessert or sweatmeat from the local sweetshop.
Another proper meal bilbo 2006
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It could be just fresh fruit, or some dessert or sweatmeat from the local sweetshop.
Archive 2006-05-01 bilbo 2006
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Yes, my georgeous angel, sit down by the poor bodies 'fire, and eat a sweatmeat.
Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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