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- noun A kitchen
implement used forgrating food products (such ascheese andcarrots ).
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john commented on the word cheese grater
"Apparently in Lysistrada, there is an intriguing reference to a sexual position known as the lioness on the cheese grater. Don't ask, because I have not seen an illustration."
- Michelle Styles
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word cheese grater
*ouchie*
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word cheese grater
Well I have. Worse, I had to teach Lysistrata to a bunch of fresh-out-of-high-school kids when I was a grad student. Not a pretty scene.
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word cheese grater
I lost much of my innocence looking at Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations for Lysistrata.
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word cheese grater
But what a way to go!
October 17, 2007