Cheshire cheese
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Notwithstanding this, when I summon up my courage to address her, she receives my laborious politeness with a cachinnation like that of a Cheshire cheese, which strikes me all of a heap.
From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.
But two days afterwards, when he was finishing his midday dinner with a piece of Cheshire cheese, his wife said: "James, have you thought anything more about that organ affair?"
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Bennett, Arnold
Grate three ounces of fat Cheshire cheese, mix it with the yolks of two eggs, four ounces of grated bread, and three ounces of butter.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
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