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England's syrupy synonym for sweetness so thick it borders on a threat.
means A dark, gooey byproduct of refining sugar, used as a sweetener — and figuratively, anything cloyingly sentimental.
from From Greek theriake, an antidote for venomous bites; medieval cure-alls were so sugary the name slid from medicine to molasses.
Snake rootsOriginally meant a remedy against poisonous animal bites.
Mining wellsTreacle mines are a famous British schoolyard joke.
Alice nodCarroll's dormouse lived in a treacle well.