treat n.
1. anything (or occas. anyone) admirable, enjoyable or pleasurable, also used ironically (e.g. cite 1910).
Snarleyyow II 172: Now prove your sum by kissing me / Yes, that is right, ’twas three times three;— / Arithmetic’s a treat. | ||
Story of a Lancashire Thief 9: It was a treat to heat Joe patter — he was a clever cove! | ||
Wild Boys of London I 172/2: ‘You never did seed Lucy, did you?’ ‘No,’ said Dick. ‘She’s a treat, and no mistake.’. | ||
Punch Almanack n.p.: Hair all flying, – tell you it’s a treat. | ‘Cad’s Calendar’ in||
Sporting Times 1 Mar. 1/5: ‘Did you enjoy the party, Bobby?’ asked mamma. ‘It was a regular treat,’ said Bobby. | ||
Sporting Times 31 Mar. 2/1: As you walk along the street / You can hear the punters bleat / ‘J’yer? Here’s anuvver treat! / No toke we’ve ’ad to eat / Since the bloomin’ ’orse got beat.’. | ||
Illus. Police News 10 Apr. 12/2: ‘Oh, just hark at him, Sammy. Isn’t he a treat?’. | Dead Man’s Gold in||
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 70: Lor, you are a Treat! | ||
Ulysses 305: The referee twice cautioned Pucking Percy for holding but the pet was tricky and his footwork was a treat to watch. | ||
Family from One End Street 152: Bernard Shaw was indeed ‘a treat’ – ‘all dressed up like a dog’s dinner.’. | ||
in Limerick (1953) 89: There was a young girl, very sweet, / Who thought sailors’ meat quite a treat. / When she sat on their lap / She unbuttoned their flap, / And always had plenty to eat. | ||
Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1960) 10: I like doing all this. It’s a treat. | ‘Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner’||
Return of the Hood 11: [of women] I’ve seen real treats done up in trick suits in the beatnik shops. | ||
Don’t Point That Thing at Me (1991) 42: You ought to see his moosh, where I hit him, it’s a treat. |
2. (US campus) a good-looking woman.
Sl. U. 195: Bob, let’s go dancing and pick up on some treats. |
In phrases
of a man, to have sexual intercourse.
Spanish Blood (1946) 134: Guess I’ll go home and give the little woman a treat. | ‘Nevada Gas’ in
of a girl or woman, to reveal inadvertently more of her body than would otherwise be seen, such as cleavage by leaning over or upper thighs or underwear when getting out of a vehicle or bending down to pick something up.
[ | Sheaves from an Old Escritoire 62: Thinking she might as well give her neighbour a treat, she jumped on the bed, drawing her legs up [...] her thighs being wide apart, must have allowed him to see the two coral lips of her cunny] . | |
🎵 When I went out to eat to give the boys a treat / Of course, I put my new directoire skirt on / [...] / But I dared not sit down, in my directoire gown / I felt afraid my silk tights wouldn’t stand it. | [perf. Marie Lloyd] The Directoire Girl||
Vanity Row 139: ‘Won’t you sit on the desk there, honey, and give the boys a treat?’ There were wolf-howls, but the girl said calmly: ‘Sorry. No cheese-cake’. | ||
🌐 She was the perfect beautiful eighteen-year-old receptionist and knew how to wear the right clothes so when she bent over her desk she could give the boys a treat with her huge breasts. Not too much, just enough to make them want to see more. | ‘War of the Gods’ at Freescape.com