What does cheshire cheese mean?

cheshire cheese

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Frequency: 3.42 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"Would not he believe that he had the same Antipathy to a Candied Orange, or a Piece of Puff-Past, as some have to a Cheshire Cheese, or a Breast of Mutton?"
"Cheshire cheeses, on account of their great size, are generally packed flat, and in a single tier only."
"Cheshire cheese had been sent to London from as early as the sixteenth century."

Cheshire cheeses (plural)

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