cheese cutter
a board with a wire attached for cutting cheese
nautical a keel that may be drawn up into the boat when not in use
a nautical peaked cap worn without a badge
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How to use cheese cutter in a sentence
The woman's voice came through the envelope of Margerine's sub-consciousness, steely clear as a cheese-cutter.
"Never mind, boys," cried the sergeant in the cheese-cutter.
Denis Dent | Ernest W. HornungThe second officer wore the ordinary seafaring cap known as a cheese-cutter.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories | Henry Seton MerrimanHere he pulled his cheese-cutter cap down with a jerk, so that the bleary eyes were no longer visible.
The Flying Bo'sun | Arthur MasonAs this melancholy figure wended its way among the palms, I could make out the pea jacket and cheese-cutter cap of Captain Kane.
The Flying Bo'sun | Arthur Mason
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