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Stilton
[ stil-tn ]
Trademark.
- a rich, waxy, white cheese, veined with mold: made principally in England.
Stilton
/ ˈstɪltən /
noun
- either of two rich cheeses made from whole milk, blue-veined ( blue Stilton ) or white ( white Stilton ), both very strong in flavour
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Stilton1
First recorded in 1730–40; after Stilton, England, where it was first sold
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Stilton1
C18: named after Stilton, Cambridgeshire, where it was originally sold
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Example Sentences
Thus the butter and the curd remain intermixed, and the rich cheese of Stilton is the result.
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The Stilton that we get here, clouted in tin-foil, is monstrous poor stuff, hardly better than our American sort.
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Had the railway touched here, things would have worn a very different aspect at Stilton to-day.
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He brought cold fowl and a salad, and produced a bit of Stilton of unmistakable authenticity.
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Stilton, to a small degree at least, has followed the English to the many lands they inhabit.
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