Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wooden spatula used to break down the curd in the process of cheese-making.
- noun A curved knife or scoop used to cut cheese at the table.
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Examples
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Before they knew just how, they were clinched, and the referee was cutting them apart like a cheese-knife.
The Dozen from Lakerim Rupert Hughes 1914
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"May the curse of God light on you and your cheese-knife, you brass-bound murderers."
The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility Morgan Robertson 1888
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When Polly at last threw down her cheese-knife, glowing with the thought that she had dined well at somebody else's expense, he leaned forward on the table, looked her in the eyes, and began a momentous dialogue.
The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880
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The brick-work is sliced through, as with a cheese-knife, to admit the railway, giving a complete section of the work.
A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald 1879
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I thought to myself, and I was about to beg of him to tell me then, and to try to persuade him not to, do anything foolish, when the Doctor tapped the table with the handle of his cheese-knife, grace was said, and we all adjourned to the play-field for the half-hour at our disposal before we resumed our studies.
Burr Junior George Manville Fenn 1870
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The snow-knife is simply a large thin-bladed knife, like a cheese-knife of the grocery stores, with a handle made large enough to be conveniently grasped with both hands.
Schwatka's Search 1869
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"But I shall wait for yer; and, if yer don't step along lively, I'll let yer know how this cheese-knife feels."
The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer Oliver Optic 1859
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So he got the old cheese-knife that used to hang over the fire-place and strung it across his shoulder.
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Crawley had no longer funds to buy two horses, and, even if he had, he could not have borne the saddle after the barbarous surgery of last night --- the lance-head was cut out with a cheese-knife.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend Charles Reade 1849
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The curd is then broken up with a flat piece of wood called a cheese-knife, and the whey is strained from it; the fragments of curd being frequently moved about, to allow the whey to escape from them.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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