Meaning of long sweetening | Babel Free

Definitions

A viscous, syrupy sweetener, generally molasses, but sometimes table syrup.

Southern-US, uncountable

Examples

“Long Sweetening is its just and proper name, but by Molasses better known to fame.”

“Made our molasses into long sweetening and tapped the sugartrees for short sweetening.”

“Mr. Hurst made the best of the situation and drank his molasses-sweetened coffee with seeming relish, as though he had been raised on long sweetening.”

“Reach me some of that long sweetening, honey, she'd say at the breakfast table.”

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