sweethearting

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From sweetheart + -ing.

Dated, Usually Courting; lovemaking.

She met her sweethearts on the street, at the soda fountain, in that trysting place for juvenile sweetheartings, the far corner of the post-office corridor.2022, Irvin S. Cobb, Sundry Accounts:

Business, Commerce, Retail Usually Theft by employees at the cash register, for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family.

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