smearcase
[ smeer-keys ]
nounChiefly North Midland U.S.
any soft cheese suitable for spreading or eating with a spoon, especially a sour cottage cheese.
Origin of smearcase
1- Also smiercase, schmierkase.
regional variation note For smearcase
See cottage cheese.
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How to use smearcase in a sentence
This is that preparation of milk vulgarly called Smear Case.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches | Eliza LeslieThe man held a knife-load of smear-case in front of his mouth, and grunted.
Stories of the Foot-hills | Margaret Collier GrahamThere was smear-case too, milk gravy and sauce made of English currants.
Vandemark's Folly | Herbert Quick
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