sweetmeat
noun/ˈswiːtmiːt/
Etymology From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).
1
A sweet delicacy; a confection.
- At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 119:
2
Informal Sweetheart; darling.
- “Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered.2010, Scott Nicholson, The Gorge: