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rat cheese

noun

, Informal.
  1. inexpensive cheese, especially domestic cheddar.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rat cheese1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; presumably so called because it is deemed suitable only for rattraps
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Example Sentences

All we had was crackers out of the barrel and rat cheese off the wheel.

The Hamiltons at the well rig had finished their lunch of Liza’s bread and rat cheese and venomous coffee cooked in a can over the fire.

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