Noun : a movie plot of the most shameless treacle. From Dictionary.com.
We moaned back then, but the politics and bureaucracy you guys face, it must be like swimming uphill in treacle!. From Wordnik.com. [If I Can’t Have You Nobody Can « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Yours look fabulous - love the idea of treacle on cream on scone. From Wordnik.com. [Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea] Reference
Imagine subjects wading through invisible treacle, which is admittedly fun. From Wordnik.com. [Pocket-lint] Reference
The sap is concentrated by boiling, and is then called treacle, which it very much resembles in taste. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
SummaryIf you can't get treacle, which is more common in Great Britain than in the U.S., molasses makes a fine substitute. From Wordnik.com. [Recipes of the Day: Sticky Toffee Pudding, and Orange Glaze - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
He is a touch on the emotional side, but I didn't say "treacle," did I?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
In England it became known as 'Venetian A Saxon leechbook of the eleventh century records treacle' ( 'treacle' is a corruption of theriac). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
They can be caught much better with beer and treacle. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914] Reference
It's treacle, but its taste and color are much lighter. From Wordnik.com. [Chat Leftovers: The treacle-down theory] Reference
"Oh, a little bread and treacle would do," said Maggie. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
Wha calls this mingling o 'skim milk an' treacle the wine. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Black treacle is basically the British version of molasses. From Wordnik.com. [Chat Leftovers: The treacle-down theory] Reference
(But then, so is treacle, and no-one ever fixates on that.). From Wordnik.com. [Love] Reference
"Sweets! treacle!" exclaimed Roger after a petrified instant. From Wordnik.com. [The Spanish Chest] Reference
Annan's reasonable reform push received the standard treacle treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Bound to Fail] Reference
In the original edition, good treacle was recommended as a laxative. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
I never knew before what Alice in Wonderland meant by her treacle well. From Wordnik.com. [The Spanish Chest] Reference
I purchased a can of black treacle and would love a recipe to use with it. From Wordnik.com. [Chat Leftovers: The treacle-down theory] Reference
A dessertspoonful of this after each meal may be given instead of the treacle. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
The skins are also used in the bazaars ... for butter, treacle, honey, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
"Glue and treacle," -- two of the simplest of articles, and the easiest to obtain. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
This is easily made by adding a little treacle (say 20 per cent) to ordinary glue. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Their voices were beautiful -- with such illimitable power, yet as sweet as treacle. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Why, once he went into a grocer's shop in the High and asked for two pounds of treacle. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914] Reference
Large quantities are eaten sopped in treacle, and taken as refreshment during the heat of the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
In the absence of all these, cover the injured part with treacle, and dust over it plenty of flour. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
It's an idealized romance saved from treacle by a fine, firm folk melody and a surging vocal by Lambert. From Wordnik.com. [Miranda Lambert's Classic Country 'Revolution'] Reference
Even when at its hottest, it is somewhat viscid, like treacle, and this viscidness increases as it cools. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
She scrapes away the treacle, and makes her ambivalent, all too human characters earn our affections honestly. From Wordnik.com. [We Had A Farm In Africa] Reference
Combine the brown sugar, butter, black treacle and water in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring to combine. From Wordnik.com. [Chat Leftovers: The treacle-down theory] Reference
A few days back we were arguing as to which is the better -- a treacle pudding or a plain suet pudding with treacle. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
This process can occasionally be replaced by another in which the moulding material is a mixture of treacle and glue. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
The real appeal of Glee is its barbed-wire wit, which is always there to slice through the treacle of the musical numbers. From Wordnik.com. ['Glee'-less] Reference
Mix together the sugar, treacle, and beer in a saucepan, and bring the mixture to the boiling point, stirring it meanwhile. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
As a supplement to the food, we may give brown sugar or treacle, both of which are easily digested and are very nourishing. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Put flour in a basin, and rub in butter, and dry ingredients; then, soda and water; pour in treacle, and knead to smooth paste. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
This sounded terrible, but when a match was struck revealing nothing but treacle and jam they could scarcely conceal their merriment. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
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