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#1 2006-11-21 13:09:25

Peter Forster
Eggcornista
From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1222

licorice/lickerish

When I looked up ‘lickerish’ I didn’t know it was a real word, but it is. It’s now only American English and has meanings ranging from lascivious/lecherous to dainty and toothsome – we’ll stick with the latter.
Since ‘lickerish’ is a real word it can be quite difficult to find its ‘licorice’ applications, so no googlehit counts. Here’s a few –
examples..

Rats’ blood is what the big factories and the chocolate-people use to make lickerish.” Enjoyable, memorable, worthwhile-the story works for myriad purposes, ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8274(198212)71%3A8%3C40%3ATITTK%3E2.0.CO%3B2-

Yahoo! Answers – What is the worst candy in the world to you?(black lickerish) this stuff is the worst! 2. (DOTS) eek, it taste like nasty stuff. 3. (those orange, fluffy peanut shaped things) i put one in my mouth …
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061008144519AAEKzHM – 234k – Cached –

Penny sticks and lickerish bootlaces is all made from rat’s blood.” “We don’t want to hear about it, thank you.” “Boiled up, it is, in great cauldrons, ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397280/posts – 31k

I was wondering what someone could suggest using as a natural treatment for stomach ulcers and possibly acid reflux. I have heard lickerish root is good but …
www.askmehelpdesk.com/advice/t-30213.html – 8k – Cached

I was tempted to add this to jorkel’s post on “lickered up” 24 Sept 06, but since it’s probably an entirely separate eggcorn I didn’t. Read it though, if you haven’t already…

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