sugar and spice and everything nice

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general EnglishNorth AmericaUnited Kingdomcolloquialpoeticchildhood rhyme
- A phrase from a nursery rhyme used to describe a girl or child as sweet, pleasant, and traditionally feminine.
- A conventional expression denoting innocence, charm, and agreeable qualities associated with girls or young children.
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general EnglishNorth AmericaUnited Kingdominformalironiccolloquial
- Used ironically to indicate that someone who is expected to be gentle or perfectly well-behaved is not actually so.
- A sardonic way to comment on an apparent mismatch between an idealized image of sweetness and a person's real, often less pleasant, behavior.

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