sour-sweet

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English

Noun

sour-sweet (plural sour-sweets)

  1. sweet-and-sour (in both senses)
    • 1989 December 17, Terri L. Jewell, “The Power Of Black Women Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 13:
      "Did My Mama Like To Dance?" which tells the sour-sweet moment in which the narrator learns about her dead mother's life.