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cheese and rice

cheese and rice interjection: euphemism or minced oath for Jesus Christ.

Interjection

  1. Euphemism or minced oath for Jesus Christ
    • I know the water was needed, but Cheese and Rice!1999 September 16, Galen Hekhuis <ghekhuis@earthlink.net>, “Re: Marshal Law in Summersville!”, in rec.boats.paddle (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2026
    • “Cheese and rice!” he screamed. Ryan’s mother had taught her children never to take the Lord’s name in vain. so he’d developed a couple of replacement phrases over the years. “Cheese and rice!” he hollered once more before clapping a hand over his mouth and freezing in place as his toe throbbed.2008, Karen Neches, chapter four, in Earthly Pleasures: a novel, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 44

Questions about cheese and rice

What does cheese and rice mean?
Cheese and rice means euphemism or minced oath for Jesus Christ.
What part of speech is cheese and rice?
Cheese and rice is an interjection.

Words near cheese and rice in the dictionary

  1. chees and chaws
  2. cheesable
  3. cheese
  4. cheese and bread
  5. cheese and crackers
  6. cheese and rice
  7. cheese antenna
  8. cheese antennae
  9. cheese antennas
  10. cheese ball
  11. cheese balls

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