sugar tit

noun

A baby's pacifier consisting of a spoonful of sugar or honey in a small patch of cloth which is then twisted to form a bulb and secured with twine etc.

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Meanings

nounsugar tit (plural sugar tits)

plural sugar tits

  1. A baby's pacifier consisting of a spoonful of sugar or honey in a small patch of cloth which is then twisted to form a bulb and secured with twine etc.

    “You married? You ain’t hardly old enough to be weaned. Ah betcha you still craves sugar-tits, doncher?”

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 4, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, University of Illinois Press, published 1978, page 48
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APA

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MLA

“sugar tit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20tit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar tit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20tit.

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