molasses

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molasses englannista suomeksi

  1. melassi

  1. melassi

molasses englanniksi

  1. A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by down raw molasses.

  2. (quote-journal)

  3. (RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients)

  4. Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated syrup.

  5. 1777 Sept. 13, Manessah Cutler, Journal, s.v.:

  6. Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses.
  7. Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.

  8. {{quote-text|en|year=1925|author=Theodore Dreiser|title=An American Tragedy|volume=I|page=127

  9. 1972 Nov. 26, ''New York Times Book Review'', p. 1:

  10. ...the mournful molasses of his prose...

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  11. (monikko) en|molass: whiskey made from molasses.

  12. (synonym of): whiskey made from molasses.

  13. (infl of): becomes drunk from molass.

  14. (monikko) en|molasse