groaning cheese

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large cheese traditionally divided among the members of a household when a childbirth took place. It was cut from the middle so that the baby, when born, could be passed through it.

Word forms

groaning cheese groaning cheeses

Etymology

groaning refers to the travails of childbirth.

Related words

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