cheesemonger
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- noun
- /ˈtʃiːzˌmʌŋɡər/
:
quesero
- Another thing that's weird is there's a cheesemonger in our county that we didn't find out about until they started selling at the WF in the city.
Examples
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At the farmer's market, a friendly cheesemonger offered samples of various cheeses to taste.
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Her proverbial Achilles' heel is the son of the cheesemonger across the aisle, William Pemberly.
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One time we were playing kind of a cheesemonger and lwas a poor peasant girl...
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But this, cheesemongers have speculated of its existence for centuries.
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Suppose I go into a cheesemonger's shop and buy five thousand cheeses at fourpence-halfpenny each.
Fiction book (2000) -
Nora Singley used to be a cheesemonger and the Director of Education at Murray's Cheese Shop.
Blog text (11) -
Let the country's top cheesemongers help you make a cheese plate that's the life of the party.
Blog text (6) -
It's home to fishmongers, butchers, cheesemongers, greengrocers, and dozens of small charcuterie shops specializing in Spanish hams and cured meats.
Blog text (17) -
I went to the local cheesemonger to buy some fresh brie and aged gouda for the party.
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The cheesemonger recommended a delicious blue cheese that pairs perfectly with figs.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cheesemonger is made from cheese and monger, where monger is an old word for a seller you also see in fishmonger. So a cheesemonger is literally a 'cheese seller' or a shop that sells cheese.