sweatmeat

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A form of sweetmeat — A sweet delicacy; a confection.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounsweatmeat (plural sweatmeats)

plural sweatmeats

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of sweetmeat.

Origin

From sweat (“sugary”) + meat (“solid food”).

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APA

sweatmeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatmeat

MLA

“sweatmeat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatmeat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweatmeat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatmeat.

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