"sweet thirteen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sweet thirteens [plural]
Etymology: From sweet + thirteen. Coined in analogy to sweet sixteen; Americanization of the Jewish threshold of adulthood time, for girls. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sweet|thirteen}} sweet + thirteen, {{m|en|sweet sixteen}} sweet sixteen Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweet thirteen (plural sweet thirteens)
  1. (slang) Synonym of bat mitzvah Tags: slang Synonyms: bat mitzvah [synonym, synonym-of], sweet 13 Related terms: sweet fifteen, sweet sixteen, sweet seventeen, quinceanera
    Sense id: en-sweet_thirteen-en-noun-ZYHwjjNG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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