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Cheshire cheese

British  

noun

  1. a mild-flavoured cheese with a crumbly texture, originally made in Cheshire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There have been declines in Somerset with cheddar makers, in the East Midlands with Stilton and in the north-west with Cheshire cheese.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

Taking out a block of Cheshire cheese, the man who engineered England's first canal carved out a model of the waterway he hoped to build.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2016

Scramble, scramble, scramble, went all the little Mice,   For they smelt the Cheshire cheese, The Pussy-Cat said, "It smells very nice,   Now do come out, if you please."

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

"I suppose you will tell me next there never was a Cheshire cheese," says Mr. Browne severely.

From April's Lady A Novel by Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe

And I have even taken old and young ones in their nest from a pile of Cheshire cheese, at a wholesale cheese and bacon factor’s!

From Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience by Matthews, Ike

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