Cheshire cheese

British  

noun

1. a mild-flavoured cheese with a crumbly texture, originally made in Cheshire

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Cheshire cheese

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

The conclusion of our dinner was a stately Cheshire cheese, of a groaning size, of which we devoured more in three minutes than a million of maggots could have done in three weeks.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

Crows feed upon worms: yet an author affirms Cheshire cheese they will get if they're able; "For," said he, "I well know, one unprincipled crow Once purloined a large piece from my table."

From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Park, Marmaduke

The Cheshire was moldy and milky, with a slightly fermented flavor that brought up the musty dining room of Fleet Street's Cheshire cheese and called for draughts of beer.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton