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smearcase

smearcase noun: cottage cheese.

Noun

smearcase (uncountable)

  1. (Dutch, English, Pennsylvania, Texas, US, especially) Cottage cheese.
    • GERMAN CLUB SANDWICH: Thin slices of pumpernickel, rye, and white bread are used for this sandwich. Rub half a pound of smearcase until smooth, add three tablespoonfuls of thick cream and two of melted butter; season with pepper and salt. Spread some of this cheese mixture on a buttered slice of...1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 108

Forms of smearcase

alternative formschmierkase
alternative formsmear-case
alternative formsmear case

Origin of smearcase

In Pennsylvanian usage, borrowed from Pennsylvania German Schmierkaes. (In Texas, presumably from the cognate equivalent in Texas German.) Compare schmear, from Yiddish.

Questions about smearcase

What does smearcase mean?
Smearcase means cottage cheese.
What part of speech is smearcase?
Smearcase is a noun.

Words near smearcase in the dictionary

  1. smear test
  2. smear tests
  3. smear the queer
  4. smear-case
  5. smearable
  6. smearcase
  7. smeared
  8. smearer
  9. smearers
  10. smearest
  11. smeareth

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