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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweet thirteen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
sweet- thir-teen
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of bat mitzvah.

Slang

Etymology

From sweet + thirteen. Coined in analogy to sweet sixteen; an Americanization of the Jewish threshold of adulthood time for girls.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sweet thirteens (plural) sweet 13 (alternative)

Phrases

sweet fifteen sweet sixteen sweet seventeen

Frequently Paired Words

sweet fifteen sweet sixteen sweet seventeen quinceanera

Synonyms

bat mitzvah

Questions

What does sweet thirteen mean?
Synonym of bat mitzvah.
Where does sweet thirteen come from?
From sweet + thirteen. Coined in analogy to sweet sixteen; an Americanization of the Jewish threshold of adulthood time for girls.

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