cheese·cake

[cheez-keyk]
noun
1.
Also, cheese cake. a cake having a firm custardlike texture, made with cream cheese, cottage cheese, or both, and sometimes topped with a jamlike fruit mixture.
2.
Informal.. Also called leg art. photographs featuring scantily clothed attractive women.
Origin:
1400–50; 1930–35, for def 2; late Middle English chese kake; see cheese1, cake

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cheesecake (ˈtʃiːzˌkeɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a rich tart with a biscuit base, filled with a mixture of cream cheese, cream, sugar, and often sultanas, sometimes having a fruit topping
2.  slang Compare beefcake women displayed for their sex appeal, as in photographs in magazines, newspapers, or films

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Word Origin & History

cheesecake
c.1440, from cheese + cake. In fig. uses for "soft, effeminate" from 18c. Slang meaning dates from 1934, when a "Time" magazine article defined it as "leg-pictures of sporty females." In its early years the word often was associated with Marlene Dietrich.
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Slang Dictionary

cheesecake definition


  1. n.
    a display of the female form, probably wearing little clothing, often in photographs. (See also beefcake.) : Women don't like to see all that cheesecake on the walls when they bring their cars in here to be fixed.
  2. n.
    a good-looking woman; good-looking women. : Who's the cheesecake in that low-cut job?
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Example sentences
It was their pumpkin cheesecake that made it into in the movie.
It shouldn't be a punishment for eating cheesecake, which is what we've turned
  it into.
He was a media star, posing for cheesecake publicity shoots, popping up on
  girlie calendars and matchbook covers.
In another section, they were selling slices of a delicious-looking raspberry
  cheesecake.
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