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a treat

adv

Etymology

An ellipsis of like a treat (“thing that gives pleasure”).

Definitions

  1. Very nicely or effectively.

    • The plan worked a treat.
    • That meal went down a treat.
    • “She was goin' a treat yesterday,” lied Sam, removing the sparking plugs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for a treat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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