Noun
a thick dark syrup obtained during the refining of sugar [Latin theriaca antidote to poison]
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006
They have the brimstone and treacle, partly because if they hadn't something or other in the way of medicine they'd be always ailing and giving a world of trouble, and partly because it spoils their appetites and comes cheaper than breakfast and dinner.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
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