After all, neither oil, nor treacle, nor flour is particularly pungent.
To take an extreme case, whereas in the first instance, the substance in the pipe-line might have been treacle, it might then become aviation fuel.
The definition covers the offal of the sugar beet used for feeding livestock, and it covers treacle consigned direct to the farmer.
What is at the bottom of a treacle well?
One then spreads a nice lot of treacle over the top.
The reason why rationing of treacle has not been adopted is that there are many difficulties in connection with it.
Legal aid is not handed out like spoon fuls of treacle.
One becomes almost sick with the treacle we hear on this subject.
