"short sweetening" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} short sweetening (uncountable)
  1. (Southern US, Midland US) Sugar. Tags: Southern-US, uncountable Related terms: long sweetening

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          "ref": "1898, Ben LaBree, editor, Camp Fires of the Confederacy, page 405",
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