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noun Chiefly Hudson Valley.
cottage cheese.
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Origin of pot cheese

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

regional variations of pot cheese

See cottage cheese.

Words nearby pot cheese

potboiler, potbound, potboy, pot calling the kettle black, potch, pot cheese, poteen, Potëmkin, Potemkin village, potence, potency
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Words related to pot cheese

curd cheese, farmer's cheese, smearcase, sour-milk cheese

How to use pot cheese in a sentence

  • Sour milk may make good pot-cheese to which we do not object, but it will not make good American cheddar cheese.

    Hints on Dairying|T. D. Curtis

  • Mrs. Bristow gave Janey a beautiful, big pot-cheese to take home; and it was just delicious.

    A Little Girl of Long Ago|Amanda Millie Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for pot cheese

pot cheese
noun
US a type of coarse dry cottage cheese
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