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A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.

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  1. n. A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
  2. n. A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
  3. n. a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day
  4. n. a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day
  5. 1. A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day. 2. A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine's Day, a day sacred to St. Valentine; the 14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that time.
  6. n:100 n. a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day n. a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day