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Cheddar

name
/ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/US/ˈt͡ʃɛdə/UK/ˈt͡ʃɛdɑːɹ//ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”).

  1. inherited from Ceodre

Definitions

  1. A large village and civil parish, previously in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England,…

    A large village and civil parish, previously in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England, famous for its cheese, and also for its gorge, caves and remains of early man found in them (OS grid ref ST4553).

  2. A ghost town in Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. Cheddar cheese.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.

    2. Money, cash, currency.

      • Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta.

    3. To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA