sweetheart
Bess: "What are you staring at?"
Much: "I ain't never been out walking with a female before."
Bess: "What female?"
Much: "You."
Bess: "Well, of all the impudence! I suppose you say that to all women that tickle your fancy."
Much: "I've never tickled a woman's fancy before. No, I've never had a sweetheart."
Bess: "Do you mean to say you never had one single sweetheart in all your life? You don't know what you missed, my lad. I've had the bands on five times."