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sweet tooth

NOUN
fondness for sweets
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A couple has their three-year-old daughter's sweet tooth to thank for winning £524,000 in the EuroMillions.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

My grandmother supplied my sweet tooth with cookies and chocolate at every visit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Kerr, for one, prefers to satisfy his sweet tooth.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2025

A lot of people have a sweet tooth, I have sweet teeth.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

“Well, not really, but she’s got a sweet tooth and she’ll probably give us a licorice whip or some jelly beans if we stop by. But we’ll start with Mr. DeVore, the postmaster.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool