From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English(my) sweet(my) sweetold-fashionedLOVE used when speaking to someone you love Don’t cry, my sweet. → sweet
Examples from the Corpus
(my) sweet• And after the cheeseboard, my sweet tooth's nagging, so I need another great big stodgy wedge of Blackforest Gateau.• And as for all that rubbish about my sweet face ...• And you are still asleep, my sweet friend.• But definitely no talking, Cassie, my sweet.• I show my palms and turn on my sweetest Bugs Bunny grin.• On these premises you are mine, my sweet.• Salad, greens and sweet potatoes, just the way my sweet nephew likes them, cut small before they get baked.• Well, a few of my sweet old ladies are going to have palpitations. 