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limburger

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Lim⋅burg⋅er

[lim-bur-ger]
–noun
a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
Also called Limburger cheese, Limburg cheese.


Origin:
1810–20; named after Limburg; see -er 1
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Lim·burg·er   (lĭm'bûr'gər)   
n.  A soft white cheese with a very strong odor and flavor.

[Flemish, one from Limburg, after Limburg, a province of northeast Belgium.]
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