Sekirov Dictionary

sweet-and-sour

noun 4
adjective 2
forms 3

noun4

•
Any dish that combines sweet and sour flavours.
- There is a strong German ethnic streak in rural western Maryland and it shows in the cooking with its sweet-and-sours. — 1986
•
A Chinese-style dish with sweet-and-sour sauce.
- Breakfast is served until 11am, after which delicious chilled beans, sweet and sours, and stir fries appear for around RM3 a portion. — 2003
•
Candy with a sour taste, often dusted with fizzy sherbet.
- No overwhelming sweetness, but a cool, refreshing after taste in your mints that lets delicate natural flavors come through. Same for tabletted sweet and sours, or gums — 1970
•
A sweetened sour pickle, or a combination of sweet and sour pickles.
- Sweet and sours are in sellers' favor as spot stocks are light and the market in the country is rather bullish and advancing. — 1923

adjective2

Having both sweet and sour or tart taste.
•
Having both positive and negative traits, or inspiring conflicting good and bad feelings.
- Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down. — 1982

forms

sweet-and-sours · more sweet-and-sour · most sweet-and-sour

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