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cheese taxes

cheese taxes is the plural of cheese tax.

Meaning of cheese tax

Noun

cheese tax (plural cheese taxes)

  1. (Internet, idiomatic) A portion of cheese given to a domestic animal such as a dog or cat, usually when the cheese is being brought out or prepared for human consumption.
    • [kristakoma:] When you open cheese, he immediately recognizes he^([sic]) sound and climbs onto the table and meows at you until you pay the "cheese tax."2012 November 1, “My cat recognizes Taco Bell bags and will pester the hell out of me until I give him a bite of tortilla. What weird idiosyncrasies do your pets have?”, in Reddit
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cheese, tax.

Questions about cheese taxes

What is cheese taxes the plural of?
Cheese taxes is the plural of cheese tax.

Words near cheese taxes in the dictionary

  1. cheese sticks
  2. cheese straw
  3. cheese straws
  4. cheese syndrome
  5. cheese tax
  6. cheese taxes
  7. cheese tea
  8. cheese teas
  9. cheese toastie
  10. cheese toasties
  11. cheese trier

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