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Synonyms for sweet tooth


Grammar : Noun



Définition of sweet tooth

Origin :
  • "fondness for sugary stuff," late 14c., from sweet (adj.) + tooth in the sense of "taste, liking" (see toothsome).
  • noun fondness for sweets
Example sentences :
  • Shall I be afraid of eating sweetmeats because people may say I have a sweet tooth?
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
  • It's a sweet tooth, that fellow that you hold on upon yet, Mistress Prettybones.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Like his brown congener of Europe he has a sweet tooth, and is greatly given to honey.
  • Extract from : « Bruin » by Mayne Reid
  • He has a sweet tooth, too, and revels in honey—when he can get it.
  • Extract from : « The Dog Crusoe and his Master » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • A little sugar also if you have a sweet tooth—but only a little.
  • Extract from : « Dishes & Beverages of the Old South » by Martha McCulloch Williams
  • You'll have enough to eat and drink, and for your sweet tooth we've got plenty of everything.
  • Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov
  • And their right arm is of more importance just now than your sweet tooth.
  • Extract from : « A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl » by Amy L. Waterman
  • This made him feel a little better, for Mahala had a very "sweet tooth."
  • Extract from : « Our Little Hindu Cousin » by Blanche McManus
  • Like all persons of simple tastes, he retained his sweet tooth.
  • Extract from : « Shelley at Oxford » by Thomas Jefferson Hogg
  • "Lilian, you are like a baby with a sweet tooth," says Lady Chetwoode.
  • Extract from : « Airy Fairy Lilian » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

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