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sweet

1. adjective, slang Excellent; especially remarkable or outstanding. I got this sweet new computer monitor for just $100 during the store's liquidation sale. He said he could get me a sweet deal on tickets to the football game.

2. adjective, slang Used to emphasize something of one's own, especially when it conflicts or is at odds with someone else. You sure took your sweet time getting here! It doesn't matter how much we argue with him, Tom will always do things his own sweet way.

3. interjection, slang Excellent; fantastic! A: "I just picked up that new video game!" B: "Sweet! Let's go play it!" Oh, sweet—my new headphones arrived in the mail!

sweet

mod. good; profitable; excellent. I got involved in a sweet deal having to do with a better job.

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According to point of view of shopkeepers, bakery business has boomed by 90 to 100 percent with citizens buying large quantities of sweets and flag color cakes for celebrations at home and as gift for others.

Bakery business boost up due to high demand of customers ahead of I-Day, Eid celebrations

According to Sellers, Eid is not ahead less then a week and apart from new clothes and other home accessories, food items especially sweet stuff such as cakes and sweets are also in high demand during Eid days as people buy these as special gifts for their loved ones.

'Meethi Eid' brings roaring business for 'Sweet shops ' in country

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The sweet emporium sells products from around the world - including sweets from the USA, New Zealand, Japan, China and all across Europe.

New city store is a sweet treat

Announcement of the election's results is a biggest occasion for the winning political parties as well as those who supported and distributing sweets is an essential way of expressing happiness.

Sweet selling business starts booming following the election

'Eid greetings can't be complete unless we welcome relatives and friends in our guest rooms and present them sweets and bakery items,' said Abdul Waheed, a resident of Quetta, while buying bakery items and sweet for his family.

Bakeries, sweet shops witness the most rush in Quetta

People from the remote parts of Balochistan have already completed Eid foods items including sweets and bakery items and left for their native cities to celebrate Eid festival with family.

Surge in people's rush for Sweets Bakery Items

Alan Dursley set up the shop last year and not only does he sell sweets but makes them too.

Alan aims to satisfy your candy crush

Using a trial and error approach to test the market with different varieties of sweets and build their customer base, Clare and Paul now operated a warehouse dedicated to their online sales.

Sweet success as company seeks to expand

Abu Sabeen has been selling sweets and nuts, particularly sweets specific to the Eid holiday, for more than 50 years.

Sweet sales shoot up

Fizzy, foamy, gummy and gobstopping-ly delightful, Mr Big Tops' sweets by post are cute little boxes that pack a big flavour punch.

Delectably juicy, scrumptious sweets by post

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Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe, Great Western Arcade, Birmingham (www.mrsimmsoldesweetshoppe.co.uk) More of an old-fashioned affair, Mr Simms sells the kind of sweets you used to pick up from the corner shop on the way home from school: rhubarb and custards, pink shrimps and dip dab sherbet.

OUR TOP 5... SWEET SHOPS

Rabai speaks with pride as he demonstrates how he glazes cakes with shera, a sweet almost honey-like liquid made of sugar and water that usually accompany all traditional Yemeni sweets.