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- noun Plural form of
sweatmeat .
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Examples
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And in this house we contain also a confiture – house, where we make all sweatmeats, dry and moist, and divers pleasant wines, milks, broths, and salads, far in greater variety than you have.
The New Atlantis 2002
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Look you, said he, there are all sorts of fruits, cakes, dry sweatmeats, and conserves; take what you like.
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Eve, when he had been hung with sweatmeats and candles.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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It was absurd to see them, at first all standing in mute astonishment and wondering at my ruthless waste in throwing away such excellent sweatmeats all over the floor; however, they soon learned how to perform their part of the game, and began scrambling for the good things as eagerly as any
Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians Edward Francis Wilson
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Guarini plying her with flowers and sweatmeats, she shivered to remember her citadel naked of all defences.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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Prince ate some sweatmeats which had been brought for the purpose.
In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Hugh Charles Clifford 1903
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Knowing our views regarding the use of wine as a beverage, Mr. Wu had provided delicious tea in elegantly decorated covered china cups, and sweatmeats by way of compensation.
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Original text preserved. (while the Prince ate some sweatmeats)
In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Hugh Charles Clifford 1903
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One little urchin was making a squeaking noise with a wet finger on the window-pane, inside which were displayed a few crossed pipes and fly-blown sweatmeats.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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I refer to throwing fruits and sweatmeats among the audience.
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
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