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sweet-and-sour

[ sweet-n-souuhr, -sou-er ]

adjective

  1. cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.


sweet-and-sour

adjective

  1. (of food) cooked in a sauce made from sugar and vinegar and other ingredients
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweet-and-sour1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

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Some lean into sweet-on-sweet, others gravitate toward sweet-and-sour or spicy-and-sweet combinations.

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While Lindhome solo retains her trademark singsong, sweet-and-sour delivery, the themes within her work have deepened to reflect a more complicated stage of life.

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I still remember my graduation banquet at culinary school, where I paired a pistachio-crusted rack of lamb with blackberry gastrique — essentially a French sweet-and-sour sauce made from fruit and vinegar.

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Daiso is where I’m getting the sweet-and-sour Hi-Chews that I’m sneaking into the movies.

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The fried chicken skins I got were a bit tough, but served with a nicely nuanced sweet-and-sour sauce.

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