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headcheese

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head⋅cheese

[hed-cheez]
–noun
a seasoned loaf made of the head meat, sometimes including the tongue or brains, of a calf or pig and molded in the natural aspic of the head.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; head + cheese 1
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head·cheese   (hěd'chēz')   
n.  A jellied loaf or sausage made from chopped and boiled parts of the feet, head, and sometimes the tongue and heart of an animal, usually a hog.
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