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Definition of "sugar daddy" [sugar daddy]

  • Slang A wealthy, usually older man who gives expensive gifts to a young person in return for sexual favors or companionship. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sugar daddy" in a sentence
  • "Looks like S’s sugar daddy has errands to run, Purcell mused."
  • "The older guy looked like a nance to me, like a sugar daddy type."
  • "Putting the possible animal mutilations out of mind, he had one hard lead: the tall, gray-haired man — a sugar daddy capable of glomming heroin, hypodermic syringes and talking a reformed junkie into geezing up on the spot and ditching his New Year’s Eve gig."