treacle paper

English

Noun

treacle paper (plural treacle papers)

  1. 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.
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