blackstrap
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈblækstræp/
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- "Fatback 'n blackstrap molasses!"
- blackstrap molasses
And so my mother raised us on whole wheat bread and the proverbial blackstrap molasses.
- And so my mother raised us on whole wheat bread and the proverbial blackstrap molasses.
Examples
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Start with a Dark and Stormy cocktail with homemade ginger ale, rum, and blackstrap molasses.
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And so my mother raised us on whole wheat bread and the proverbial blackstrap molasses.
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Blackstrap molasses is good, too, as someone mentioned.
Blog text (1) -
Live Longer, which promised to add five "youthful years" to your life, was promoting the sale of one brand of blackstrap molasses.
Blog text (13) -
And so my mother raised us on whole wheat bread and the proverbial blackstrap molasses.
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"Fatback 'n blackstrap molasses!" he said, forgetting he would walk eight acres for cracklin' bread and okra.
Fiction book (1996) -
If you can't get 'treacle', then molasses will do—but not the 'blackstrap' molasses, which is quite bitter.
Blog text (3) -
The natural types of sweeteners include honey, blackstrap molasses, and stevia.
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Most rum is made from blackstrap molasses—the sludge left after sugar is refined.
Synonyms
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1.0
Thick sweet liquid used to make food or drink taste better
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5.1
A thick dark sweet liquid made by boiling sugar cane or beet juice
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Etymology
Blackstrap joins black ('dark') and strap, an old word for a thick leftover liquid, so blackstrap means the very dark, strong syrup left after the last pressing of sugar.