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▸ noun: Cloying sentimental speech.
▸ noun: (Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
▸ noun: (historical, pharmacology) Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
▸ noun: (obsolete, figurative, by extension) Synonym of cure: an all-powerful curative for some particular affliction.
▸ noun: (obsolete, figurative, by extension) Synonym of cure-all: a panacea for all human ailments.
▸ verb: To apply treacle to a surface, so as to catch flies or moths, etc.
Similar:
golden syrup,
treacle tart,
long sweetening,
treacle pudding,
Tom Trot,
syrup,
brown sugar,
treacle sleep,
sorghum molasses,
taffy,
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