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名詞

sweet thing

1. (colloquial) A term of endearment, especially for a young woman or child.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sweetheart

   • 1993 October, Barbara Steiner, chapter 9, in The Phantom, Scholastic Books, page 77:

     “Hey, sweet thing. Did that catch impress you?”
     “You always impress me, Frankie. What's Garth doing at quarterback?” Jilly asked.

   • 1998, Diana Whitney, chapter 5, in Baby on His Doorstep, Silhouette Books, page 96:

     “Here you go, sweet thing.”
     Megan snatched the bottle Danielle offered, sucked greedily, gazing up with great goggle eyes. Danielle; smoothed a lick of blond fuzz at the apex of the baby's; silky forehead, murmured soft, sleepy-time words that flowed so naturally, an onlooker would never believe that she hadn't borne the child herself.

   • 2010 June, Rebekah McCoy, chapter 8, in December's Promise, White Dog Books, page 73:

     “Everyone is gone now, sweet thing. Follow my lead.” He stared in her eyes and made sure she was hearing what he was saying. “In.” He took a deep breath in. “Out,” he continued when he knew she was doing as he said. A couple more times and it looked as though she might make it without passing out on him.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sweet,‎ thing.

参考

• sweet young thing