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"cheese" Definition

  1. anything good, first-rate in quality, genuine, pleasant, or advantageous, is termed the CHEESE. The _London Guide_, 1818, says it was from some young fellows translating “c’est une autre CHOSE” into “that is another CHEESE.” But the expression CHEESE may be found in the Gipsy vocabulary, and in the Hindostanee and Persian languages. In the last CHIZ means a thing—that is the thing, _i.e._, the CHEESE.
  2. or CHEESE IT (evidently a corruption of _cease_), leave off, or have done; “CHEESE your barrikin,” hold your noise. Term very common.

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Position in the dictionary: 594 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: cheesecutter, cheesemongers, cheesy, cherry-bums, cherry-colour, cherry-merry, cherubs, cheshire cat, chi-ike, chicken
Previous words in the dictionary: cheek by jowl, cheek, chee-chee, checks, cheat’em, cheap jacks, cheap, chaw-bacon, chaw over, chaw

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