molasses
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molasses englanniksi
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by down raw molasses.
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(RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients)
Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated syrup.
1777 Sept. 13, Manessah Cutler, Journal, s.v.:
- Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses.
Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.
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1972 Nov. 26, ''New York Times Book Review'', p. 1:
- ...the mournful molasses of his prose...
Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
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(RQ:WaPo)
(monikko) en|molass: whiskey made from molasses.
(synonym of): whiskey made from molasses.
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(monikko) en|molasse