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groaning cheese

groaning cheese noun: a large cheese traditionally divided among the members of a household when a childbirth took place. It was cut from the middle so that the baby, when born, could be passed through it.

Noun

groaning cheese (plural groaning cheeses)

  1. (UK, historical) A large cheese traditionally divided among the members of a household when a childbirth took place. It was cut from the middle so that the baby, when born, could be passed through it.

Forms of groaning cheese

pluralgroaning cheeses

Origin of groaning cheese

groaning refers to the travails of childbirth.

Questions about groaning cheese

What does groaning cheese mean?
Groaning cheese means a large cheese traditionally divided among the members of a household when a childbirth took place. It was cut from the middle so that the baby, when born, could be passed through it.
What part of speech is groaning cheese?
Groaning cheese is a noun.
What is the plural of groaning cheese?
The plural of groaning cheese is groaning cheeses.

Words near groaning cheese in the dictionary

  1. groanful
  2. groanin'
  3. groaning
  4. groaning board
  5. groaning boards
  6. groaning cheese
  7. groaning cheeses
  8. groaningly
  9. groanings
  10. groanless
  11. groans

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