Cheshire cheese
a mild-flavoured cheese with a crumbly texture, originally made in Cheshire
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How to use Cheshire cheese in a sentence
The Cheshire cheese is something of a first cousin by comparison.
Edgar Saltus: The Man | Marie SaltusThe Cheshire cheese no doubt was the tavern Dickens was thinking of when he wrote the foregoing passages.
Dickensian Inns & Taverns | B. W. (Bertram Waldrom) MatzThe fine wheaten bread which I find here, besides excellent butter and Cheshire-cheese, makes up for my scanty dinners.
Travels in England in 1782 | Charles P. MoritzSome of these lark puddings are even shipped to Yankeeland, which sends every year countless pilgrims to the “Cheshire cheese.”
Old Tavern Signs | Fritz August Gottfried EndellA night at the "Cheshire cheese," by the way, might be prolific in ghostly adventure.
The Lure of Old London | Sophie Cole
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