Definitions
privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically)
Word origin
From Middle English swete heorte, swete hert (term of endearment); equivalent to sweet + heart.
Used in a sentence
“She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late.”
“John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981.”
“Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]”
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