English Explanatory Dictionary

rat-trap cheese

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Inexpensive unexceptional cheese.
  2. American cheese portrayed as such.

Word forms

rat-trap cheese rat-trap cheeses

Etymology

So called because it might be used in baiting a trap.

Synonyms

rat cheese government cheese

Related words

mousetrap rattrap
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