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sweet tooth (plural sweet tooths)

1. (idiomatic, only in singular) A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets. Coordinate terms: salty tooth, sour tooth, spicy tooth He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth when it comes to candy.
2. (idiomatic, countable) Someone with a liking for sweet foods.
3. An edible fungus of species Hydnum repandum.
4. A preference, especially for a kind of food.
   • 1913, Jewett Castello Gilson, Wealth of the World's Waste Places, and Oceania, page 298:the python has a sweet tooth for rats and mice and the sweet tooth of this particular snake is on edge for a square meal.
   • 2007 May 30, Joey Bunch, “Suburban pet peeve: coyotes”, in The Denver Post:Prowlers are on the loose in suburban Denver. Description: pointy ears, bushy tails and a sweet tooth for poodle and cat.
   • 2010, Tony Ardizzone, The Whale Chaser: A Novel, page 101:But my grandmother had, in my father's words, a "sweet tooth” for meat.
   • 2013, Kim Newlen, The One Year Sweet and Simple Moments with God Devotional, page 169:In the same way I developed a craving for doughnuts, my sweet tooth for God's Word developed by repetition.
   • 2014, John Maley, A Little Murder in Tucson, page 50:".... She had a sweet tooth for booze." "Did she have a sweet tooth for drugs?"
   • 2022, Anthony M. Ludovici, Too Old for Dolls: A Novel:I have high hopes though, because mother always did have a sweet tooth for rather nice men, you see father was tremendously attractive.

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[edit] a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets

Dutch: voorliefde voor zoet f Estonian: maias, magusahammas, mesilemb, magusa armastaja Finnish: karkkihammas French: bec sucré (fr) m Hungarian: édesszájú (hu) Portuguese: formiguinha m or f Scottish Gaelic: corrag mhilis f (literally “sweet finger”), smealas m Welsh: dant melys m

someone with a liking for sweet foods

Catalan: llaminer (ca) m, llépol (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 愛吃甜食 / 爱吃甜食 (ài chī tiánshí) Dutch: liefhebber van zoet m or f, zoetekauw (nl) m Erzya: тантюкш (tanťukš) Estonian: maiasmokk (et), maias, mesihammas Finnish: perso makealle (adjective) French: bec sucré (fr) m Galician: larpeiro (gl) m, lambón (gl) m German: Naschkatze (de) f, Schlecker (de) m, Schleckerin f Greek: γλυκατζής (el) m (glykatzís), γλυκατζού (el) f (glykatzoú) Hungarian: édesszájú (hu) Icelandic: nammigrís, sælgætisgrís m Japanese: 甘党 (ja) (あまとう, amatō) Macedonian: слаткар m (slatkar) Norwegian: søtmons m Old Ruthenian: цꙋкролю́бецъ (cukroljúbecʹ), сладколю́бецъ (sladkoljúbecʹ) Portuguese: formiguinha f, guloso (pt) Russian: сладкое́жка (ru) m or f (sladkojéžka), сластёна m or f (slastjóna) Spanish: goloso (es) m or f Swedish: gottegris (sv) c

Hydnum repandum

Estonian: hele timpnarmik Finnish: vaaleaorakas (fi) Norwegian: Bokmål: piggsopp (no) m

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