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
With one it was London porter: with another it was Cheshire cheese and bottled beer.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
The worthy farmer plowed his fields and reaped his harvest, his dame made good Cheshire cheese; and both lived merrily on, quite unconscious of the change that their farm was about to undergo.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
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)
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