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a treat

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English edit

Etymology edit

An ellipsis of like a treat (“thing that gives pleasure”).[1]

Adverb edit

a treat (not comparable)

  1. (British English, colloquial) Very nicely or effectively.
    The plan worked a treat.
    That meal went down a treat.

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Tarselius, Rut (1960) “You Dance a Treat”, in Stockholm Studies in Modern Philology (New Series), volume 1, pages 132–3

Anagrams edit

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