Cheshire cheese

British  

noun

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 a mild-flavoured cheese with a crumbly texture, originally made in Cheshire

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Example Sentences

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

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

"Now by my father's son, and that's myself, it shall be sun, moon, or a Cheshire cheese—before I budge—still crossed and crossed."

From Project Gutenberg

Cheshire cheese is largely made in the county from which it takes its name, and in adjoining districts.

From Project Gutenberg

Whereupon the cobbler kindled up a fire and fetched out a brown loaf, from which he cut a lusty toast, which he sat baking at the fire; then he brought out his Cheshire cheese.

From Project Gutenberg