1. a term of endearment used to address someone beloved
Usage: archaic; plural form
2. sweet apples, especially a variety of sweet apple
Usage: archaic; plural form

Examples

• Come here, my sweetings, and let me tell you a story.
• The old woman called to her grandchildren, ‘How are my sweetings today?’
• The orchard produced the finest sweetings in the county.
• She packed a basket full of sweetings for the harvest festival.
• The sweetings were perfectly ripe and ready for picking.