sweetmeat

noun

Etymology: From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).

1. A sweet delicacy; a confection.

   “At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.”

2. Sweetheart; darling.

   ““Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered.”