sweetie pie

plural sweetie pies · alternative sweetie-pie

1. endearingA sweetheart; a beloved person.

   “Come here, my little sweetie pie,” Mother said after Dad had done all he could. “Let Mommy wipe your little mouthy-wouffy.” She cooed and gagged at the same time while wiping the rat’s mouth off with a wet wipe as if it were a toddler.

   2006, Denise Hildreth, chapter 7, in Savannah by the Sea, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 44

   Synonyms: babe, baby, darling, honey, honeypie, sugar, sweetie, treacle