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frog cheese

frog cheese noun: a large puffball.

Noun

frog cheese (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A large puffball.
    • This intoxicating fume is caused by introducing into the fumigating lamp a piece of ignited vegetable substance, called puck, puckball, or frog-cheese, or, most commonly, fuzzball.1835, Thomas Nutt, Humanity to honey-bees: or, practical directions for the management of honey bees upon an improved and humane plan, by which the lives of bees may be preserved, and abundance of...

Questions about frog cheese

What does frog cheese mean?
Frog cheese means a large puffball.
What part of speech is frog cheese?
Frog cheese is a noun.

Words near frog cheese in the dictionary

  1. frog
  2. frog and toad
  3. frog and toads
  4. frog butt
  5. frog butts
  6. frog cheese
  7. frog drum
  8. frog drums
  9. frog fish
  10. frog fishes
  11. frog galvanoscope

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