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groaning cheeses

groaning cheeses is the plural of groaning cheese.

Meaning of groaning cheese

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.

Questions about groaning cheeses

What is groaning cheeses the plural of?
Groaning cheeses is the plural of groaning cheese.

Words near groaning cheeses in the dictionary

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

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