molasses

• When the Sugar Act of 1733 prohibited the importation of sugar and molasses from the French West Indies except on payment of a prohibitory duty, the New England colonists, who did a thriving trade in the offspring of the union of sugar and molasses, rum, found themselves faced by a serious problem. —  A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)
• If a little girl came in with a tin kettle to get some molasses, he would say the molasses was all out, and they would have some more next week. —  Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
• And sorghum molasses was the only kind there was. —  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3
• Brown sugar and molasses were the common household sweets; bread and molasses an excellent lunch for hungry boys always crying for something to eat and never filled The town meeting bun is a thing of the past. —  Confessions of Boyhood
• And cookies I baked myself--molasses cookies No, thank you just the same," spoke Betty, in a voice she tried to render appreciative, though she showed a distinct distaste for the nearness of the old woman. —  The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand

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