The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blackstrap \Black"strap`\ (-str[a^]p), n.
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A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop.
--Judd. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.
Wiktionary
n. The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
Wikipedia
Blackstrap was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that had been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. It is named for Blackstrap Lake. The riding was abolished prior to the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Blackstrap may refer to:
- Blackstrap molasses, a by-product of sugar processing
- Blackstrap (electoral district), a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Blackstrap Lake, a man-made lake in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Blackstrap Provincial Park, a park and recreation area in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Blackstrap Ski Hill, a skiing and snowboarding hill in Saskatchewan, Canada
Usage examples of "blackstrap".
Barnaby Blackstrap, Brothers, and Company, of Upper Thames Street, have always been famous for selling wines of the choicest vintage.
Fleece gave Blackstrap another opportunity of showing off, which he did not fail to avail himself of in no very measured paces, by ridiculing the rival house, and extending his remarks to the taste of the frequenters.
Falerian set the red current mantling in his veins, that not all my philosophy, nor the sage monitions of Blackstrap, nor thought, nor care, nor friendly intercession could withhold the artist from making a pilgrimage to the altar of love.
First View of the elegant City--Meeting with Old Blackstrap --Domicile at the Castle Tavern--Matthew and Mrs.
Heartly and Eglantine had, we found, been sufficiently long in Bath to become very able instructors to Transit and myself in all that related to the haute class, and old Barnaby Blackstrap was an equally able guide to every description of society, from the mediums down to the strange collections of vagrant oddities which are to be found in the back Janes and suburbs of the city of Bath.
At this moment old Blackstrap advanced, and requested permission to introduce to our notice Jack Physick, an honest lawyer, and, as he said, one of the cleverest fellows and best companions in Bath.
Of the origin of this sign, Blackstrap gave us a very humorous anecdote: the house was formerly, it would appear, known by the sign of the Crown and Thistle, and was at that time the resort of the Irish Traders who visited Bath to dispose of their linens.
The drugstore in Lake City was probably still in the blackstrap molasses and yogurt era.
McGowan, for whom I was acquiring a profound affection, beamed on us, and produced a couple of bottles of blackstrap to drink the health of the Colossal Circassian Circus.
I saw in my head, the square box of block wax behind the dark bottle of blackstrap, and reached for my cold sweet tea to wash down the starchy grains of rice.
After that the next sight of land would be the towering rocky mass of Europa Point, the southern end of Gibraltar, with Blackstrap Bay to the north of it on the Mediterranean side, and the rounded hills of Africa across the Strait.
For the most part, Henry had always allotted what he thought were enough provisions on Saturdays to each slave, including a pint of blackstrap molasses.
The busker had set up shop in front of a cafe called Blackstrap Molasses.
After that she lost interest, limped away, sat down beside Lydia, and spent the next half hour interviewing the corpse, scribbling copious notes, happy as a little old corn fritter in a puddle of blackstrap molasses.
Just what kind of spells was she supposed to make with blackstrap molasses?