sugar-tit

noun

variants or less commonly sugar-teat

ˈ⸗⸗ˌ⸗

: sugar tied up in a nipple-shaped cloth for a child to suck

fighting, while all these legislators were sucking sugar-tits

—Kenneth Roberts

sugar-tit children … coddled and comforted

—Lillian Smith

called also pacifier

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