Sour-sweet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    sweet-and-sour (in both senses)

    ""Did My Mama Like To Dance?" which tells the sour-sweet moment in which the narrator learns about her dead mother's life."

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ambrosialhoneyedmellifluousnectaroussugarysweet

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""Did My Mama Like To Dance?" which tells the sour-sweet moment in which the narrator learns about her dead mother's life."

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