molasses-covered

Updated: May 21, 2025

That was because the paper was contracting and trying to bring the dimensions of the room I own to fit it. In the morning the room had shrunken so that the carpet did not fit, and the paper hung in large molasses-covered welts on the walls. It looked real grotesque. I got a paper-hanger to come and look at it. He did so. "And what would you advise me to do with it, sir?"

Bill Nye - A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories