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treacle

idiom
Slang Cockney rhyming slang · East London
Meaning

sweetheart


Origin

via treacle tart

Examples
SIMPLE

Hello, my treacle, how was your day?

CONTEXTUAL

He smiled at his wife and said, "Don't worry, my treacle, we will fix this together."

COMPLEX

The elderly man whispered to his partner of fifty years, "You have always been my treacle through every storm we faced."

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