Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as cheese-pale.

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Examples

  • "What's this, Henchard," said Alderman Tubber, applying his thumb to the corn-factor like a cheese-taster.

    The Mayor of Casterbridge 1887

  • Near the base is one of those symmetrically scooped-out hollows which are such a striking peculiarity of the formation here, and which suggest to the irreverent that a cheese-taster of prehistoric dimensions must have been brought to bear upon the rocks when their consistency was about the same as that of fresh gruyère.

    Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885

  • Henchard, "said Alderman Tubber, applying his thumb to the corn-factor like a cheese-taster.

    The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884

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  • This is my best recent Random word button find. You know, same thing as a cheese-pale. You get it.

    March 15, 2022