Definitions
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- adjective informal Containing many
holes , like Swiss cheese.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a city knitted together by hundreds of bridges and crisscrossed by streets famously Swiss-cheesed by potholes, the program was an instant success.
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But with the carnage that had occurred during the invasion and the continued depredations by the demons, most of the buildings in the area stood Swiss-cheesed with holes and gaps.
Hellgate London Covenant Mel Odom 2008
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As the tax code has been embellished and then Swiss-cheesed, the portion of Americans footing the nation's income tax bill has shrunk.
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Imagine Respighi's Pines of Rome Swiss-cheesed through a kaleidoscope, and you'll get the idea.
AvaxHome RSS: Piterets 2008
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Young, Scott Lawrence, Robert Symonds, Candy Ann Brown, Nick Brooks, Lee Garlington Awards: Emmy Nominations: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell Leaping into Sam Bederman, a mental patient who is suffering from acute depression, Sam receives an overloaded electroshock treatment, which causes his Swiss-cheesed memory to be replaced by personas from previous leaps.
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Ten miles west of downtown, in Jefferson Parish, where River Ridge butts up against the Mississippi River, streets in many neighborhoods are becoming rivers, and Swiss-cheesed rooftops look as if they’ve been attacked by a meteor shower.
Hurricane Season Neal Thompson 2007
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Ten miles west of downtown, in Jefferson Parish, where River Ridge butts up against the Mississippi River, streets in many neighborhoods are becoming rivers, and Swiss-cheesed rooftops look as if they’ve been attacked by a meteor shower.
Hurricane Season Neal Thompson 2007
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(I said it would be Swiss-cheesed to death; maybe I should have said it would be overcome by
Concurring Opinions 2009
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