"sweet seventeen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sweet seventeens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweet seventeen (plural sweet seventeens)
  1. (US, colloquial) A girl's seventeenth birthday, or seventeenth-birthday party. It is often used to mitigate a failed sweet sixteen birthday. Tags: US, colloquial Categories (topical): Parties Synonyms: sweet 17 Related terms: sweet sixteen, sweet fifteen, sweet thirteen

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