cheesers

Noun

cheeser (plural cheesers)

1. Someone who makes or sells cheese.
   • With Swiss farmers, Swiss cheesers, Swiss merchants, the best of grasses and water, and intelligent management, it cannot fail to produce an article which has reduced importation of foreign cheese to a minimum.1899, John Luchsinger, The History of a Great Industry, page 230

   Synonyms:

   affineur, cheesemaker, cheesemonger, fromager

2. Someone who adds cheese to a pizza in an assembly line.
   • But Terry Voice was the best pizza cheeser I've ever seen.1986, Tom Monaghan, Robert Anderson, Pizza Tiger, page 269
3. (slang) A broad gleeful grin.
   • I looked at his normally deadpan face and saw the faintest outline of a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, a cheeser grin on anyone else.1977, Llyod Pye, That Prosser Kid, link

   Synonyms:

   shit-eating grin

4. (slang) A jovial greeting.
   • Got to be a good sign though, so Click rigged out a cheeser of his own and said brightly, "Mornin', Mr. Brewster," underlining it with the molar squeak.1994, Tom Kakonis, Shadow Counter
5. (slang) A senior or geezer.
   • But you'll want to marry someone your own age, not some old cheeser.1994, Lisa Kleypas, Dreaming of you, page 259

   Synonyms:

   geriatric

6. (slang) An inmate of a borstal who tries to ingratiate himself with the staff.
   • The boys tend not to discuss their individual complaints with the cottage staff because of lack of time or privacy, because the staff must treat all boys the same, and because the boys fear being called “cheesers” if they attempt to cultivate a close relationship with the staff.1959, Archives of Criminal Psychodynamics, page 453

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