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double gloucester

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
dou-ble -glouces-ter
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of Gloucester cheese, stronger and aged for longer than single Gloucester.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of double Gloucester.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps because cream from the morning milk was added to the evening milk, because the milk was skimmed twice, or because the cheese was typically twice the height of a single Gloucester.

Usage

Inflected Forms

double Gloucesters (plural) double Gloster (alternative)

Questions

What does double gloucester mean?
A variety of Gloucester cheese, stronger and aged for longer than single Gloucester.
Where does double gloucester come from?
Uncertain. Perhaps because cream from the morning milk was added to the evening milk, because the milk was skimmed twice, or because the cheese was typically twice the height of a single Gloucester.

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