licorice

licorice pizza

slang A vinyl phonograph record, the black, shiny appearance of which resembles that of black licorice candy. I used to love working in the record store, flipping through all the licorice pizza and chatting to people about different bands they like. I sold my licorice pizza collection in college to help make ends meet, but not a day goes by that I don't regret doing it.
See also: licorice, pizza

licorice stick

slang A clarinet. He says this old licorice stick belonged to some guy called Artie Shaw, but I have no idea who that is. Man, I haven't played the licorice stick since I had my tonsils out last year.
See also: licorice, stick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

licorice pizza

n. a 33.3 (speed) vinyl record. (Contrived.) Why don’t you replace all these silly licorice pizzas with real CDs?
See also: licorice, pizza

licorice stick

(ˈlɪkrɪʃ stɪk)
n. a clarinet. (Jazz musicians.) Man, can he play the licorice stick.
See also: licorice, stick
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • licorice pizza
  • pizza
  • pitch black
  • be in (one's) black books
  • be in someone's black books
  • in (someone's) black books
  • BLM
  • black and blue
  • black-and-blue
  • (as) black as thunder
References in periodicals archive
At the same time, Israeli representatives were provided with information on Azerbaijan's favorable investment environment, as well as proposals for the establishment of licorice reception and processing centers in the future within the framework of joint cooperation.
Licorice tea is popular in the Middle East and parts of Europe, and erk sous are especially popular in Egypt during Ramadan.
Licorice is going to need a quiet home with an experienced, patient and understanding owner who has the time to help her settle in.
Out of 120 eligible patients, 110 patients completed the study complying with the prescribed medications and follow-up; 54 patients were assigned to the licorice group (LR) and 54 patients to the control group (schematic presentation of study groups is illustrated in Fig.
In a second part to the study, authors then compared the effect of licorice (100 mg/kg BW) on alcohol-induced fatty liver with silymarin (100mg/kg BW) as a positive control, which is known to alleviate alcohol-induced liver injury.
Huang Qin Tang was composed of four herbs: Scutellaria baicalensis Geori, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Paeonia lactiflora Pall, and Ziziphus jujuba Mill, in which Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch (Licorice, GANCAO) is an important herb and is described as 'the grandfather of herbs' in Chinese medicine (Ody 2000).
An unusual cause of hypokalemic paralysis: chronic licorice ingestion.
Spices like black pepper, coriander, anise, and licorice root.
One hundred seven patients with Helicobacter pylori infection were randomly assigned to receive, in double-blind fashion, 150 mg of a licorice extract (GutGard; Natural Remedies, Bangalore, India) or placebo once a day for 60 days.
FRANKFORD CANDY HAS PARTNERED WITH WELCH'S to develop an innovative product for the rapidly growing licorice category.
Bypass the florist's red roses and pick up a fistful of red Twizzler licorice candy to bring home.
Already highly regarded as a medicinal plant, licorice root may soon add anti-diabetic effects to its repertoire of healing powers.
Dried licorice root has been used in traditional Chinese medicine as a remedy to treat various ailments, such as respiratory and digestive problems.
The herb is licorice root, and these compounds are licoricidin and licorisoflavan A.
At Vitafoods, Kaneka Pharma will showcase new application possibilities for its patented licorice extract Glavonoid[TM], which has recently been granted Novel Food Status by the European Commission.