sour-sweet

noun

sweet-and-sour (in both senses)

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Meanings

nounsour-sweet (plural sour-sweets)

plural sour-sweets

  1. sweet-and-sour (in both senses)

    "Did My Mama Like To Dance?" which tells the sour-sweet moment in which the narrator learns about her dead mother's life.

    1989 December 17, Terri L. Jewell, “The Power Of Black Women Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 13
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APA

sour-sweet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour-sweet

MLA

“sour-sweet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour-sweet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sour-sweet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour-sweet.

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