treacle paper
English
Noun
treacle paper (plural treacle papers)
- Paper covered in treacle, meant to attract and catch flies.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store
- Flies buzzed in circles round the ceiling, and the treacle papers and bundles of dried clover were pinned to the window curtains.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store
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