sweet upon
English
Adjective
sweet upon (comparative more sweet upon, superlative most sweet upon)
- Alternative form of sweet on
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
- Puddock had now little to trouble him upon a topic which had once cost him some uneasiness, and Mervyn acquiesced serenely in the existing state of things, and seemed disposed to be 'sweet upon' pretty Lilias Walsingham, if that young lady had allowed it; but her father had dropped hints about his history and belongings which surrounded him in her eyes with a sort of chill and dismal halo.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
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