damson cheese
Britishnoun
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There you have a concise history of George Eliot's life at this period, divided as it was between music, literature, and damson cheese.
From Scenes of Clerical Life by Eliot, George
The housekeeper waits in black silk, and looks as if she had no meaner occupation than to sit in a rocking-chair, and dream of damson cheese.
From The Brownies and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
We partook of some thirty or forty different sorts; in which flowers, scents, fruits, and gums were mixed with sugar, until of the consistence of damson cheese.
From Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 by Auldjo, John
Dried fruits from Metz, figs from Smyrna, and dates from Tunis lie side by side on our table with Brazil nuts and guava jelly and damson cheese and almonds and raisins.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant
The housekeeper waits in black silk and looks as if she had no meaner occupation than to sit in a rocking chair, and dream of damson cheese.
From The Land of Lost Toys by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
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