English Explanatory Dictionary

cheese eater

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rat; an informer who betrays colleagues.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cheese, eater. One who eats cheese.

Word forms

cheese eater cheese eaters cheese-eater

Etymology

From the idea that rats eat cheese.

Related words

cheese-eating surrender monkey cheesehead
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