CHEESE
ADJECTIVES
1600 — MURLY of cheese: crumbly, friable → Sc.
1747 — BLAKE yellow, of a golden colour; said of cheese, butter, etc. → Eng. dial.
1777 — PAIRED mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness; said of cheese → Eng. dial.
1807 — CASEOUS abounding in cheese; fond of cheese → humorous usage
1863 — BLUE VINNY covered with blue mould; said of cheese → Eng. dial.
1891 — FADED tainted, mouldy; said of cheese → Eng. dial.
1900 — GAMMOTTY ill-flavoured; said of cheese → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — TYROID resembling cheese; cheesy
1905 — PAIRY mouldy, having a tendency to rottenness; said of cheese → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1470 — KEBBUCK → KIBBOCK a whole cheese; generally one of great size → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1567 — CAFFAN cheese → UK criminals’ sl.
1567 — CASS → CASSAM → CASSAN → CASSIN → CASSOM → CASSON → CASUM → CASUN → CAZ → COSAN cheese → criminals’ sl. obs.
1568 — FURMAGE cheese → obs.
1656 — HEEL the rind of a cheese
1742 — FANG a large piece of cheese cut off → Sc.
1785 — KEBBUCK-HEEL the last remnants of a cheese → Sc.
..L18 — OLD PEG ‘poor Yorkshire cheese, made of skimmed milk’ → Eng. dial.
1827 — KEBBUCK-STUMP the last remnants of a cheese → Sc.
1866 — GAMMELOST old cheese → Sc. obs.
1868 — KEBBUCK-END the last remnants of a cheese → Sc.
1880 — COUGH-AND-SNEEZE cheese → rhyming sl.
1881 — SCRAM the hard rind of cheese → Eng. dial.
1884 — FADE mould on cheese → Eng. dial.
1890 — BEESWAX cheese → sl. (Bk.)
1898 — CANCH a large piece of cheese, bread, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SHORT COCK cheese → UK sl.
1905 — WALL the crust, esp. that round the width; said of cheese → Sc. (Bk.)
1910 — BUNGHOLE cheese → sl., orig. military usage
1910 — RAT-TRAP CHEESE cheddar cheese, esp. that with a strong odour → Amer. dial.
1923 — WADGE a thick slice of cheese, bread, etc. → Sc.
1939 — RAT CHEESE cheddar cheese, esp. that with a strong odour → Amer. dial.
1942 — BELLY BINDER cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BELLY CEMENT cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BELLY GLUE cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BELLY GUM cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BINDER cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — CHOKER cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — GUT CONCRETE cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — MAGGOT cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SHACKLES cheese → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — MOUSETRAP any strong or inferior hard cheese → UK sl.
1953 — MASSEY-HARRIS cheese → Aust. & Can. sl.
1956 — ENDGATE cheese → Amer. logging usage
1960 — BALMY BREEZE cheese → rhyming sl.
1960 — BENDED KNEES cheese → rhyming sl.
1984 — ANNIE LOUISE cheese → Aust. rhyming sl.
1991 — LACLABPHILY the collecting of cheese labels (Bk.)
1991 — TYROSEMIOPHILY the collecting of Camembert cheese labels (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1856 — SAWNEY-HUNTER a person who steals cheese or bacon from grocers’ shops → sl.
VERBS
1733 — PALE to test cheese by taking a sample → Sc.
1905 — PAIR to grow mouldy; used of cheese → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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