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sweethearting

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From sweetheart + -ing.

noun sweetheartings

  1. dated, uncountable, usually Courting; lovemaking. She met her sweethearts on the street, at the soda fountain, in that trysting place for juvenile sweetheartings, the far corner of the post-office corridor.
  2. uncountable, usually Theft by employees at the cash register, for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family.

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"sweethearting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sweethearting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sweethearting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sweethearting

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"sweethearting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sweethearting.

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@misc{sweethearting_2026,
  title = {sweethearting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweethearting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}