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Sweet Tooth

Having great desire to eat sugary foods and items, craze for sweet things

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  • It is a 16th century phrase, which originated from the yearning many people have for sweets. This desire was called to have a “sweet tooth”. Actually, there are teeth that are associated by people to crave for different tastes such salty, sour and sweet. That is how “sweet tooth” originated. Earlier the expression meant to refer to sweet meat, wine, or pastry but today the expression refers to have a craze or love for cakes, pastries and all sugary food items.
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Alina has a sweet tooth, it is almost impossible to keep any sweet dish away from her.

Submitted on February 25, 2019

Additional definitions for 'Sweet Tooth':

sweet toothA liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.
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