"treacle paper" meaning in All languages combined

See treacle paper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: treacle papers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} treacle paper (plural treacle papers)
  1. Paper covered in treacle, meant to attract and catch flies. Categories (topical): Paper
    Sense id: en-treacle_paper-en-noun-0dQB~7NK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
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        },
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          "name": "Paper",
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          "parents": [
            "Materials",
            "Manufacturing",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store:",
          "text": "Flies buzzed in circles round the ceiling, and the treacle papers and bundles of dried clover were pinned to the window curtains.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Paper covered in treacle, meant to attract and catch flies."
      ],
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