grilled cheese
English
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Etymology
[edit]The syntax around the term's usage supports the idea that it originated as an ellipsis of grilled cheese sandwich.
Noun
[edit]grilled cheese (plural grilled cheeses)
- (Canada, US, usually countable) A cheese sandwich typically toasted or fried in butter.
- Hypernym: sandwich
- I'll have a grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup, please.
- —Do you like grilled cheese? —I love grilled cheese! Especially with [slices of] bacon and tomato added!
- 1970, “Time”, in Time Inc., volume 96, numbers 1-9, page 43:
- Third, when you go to lunch today, instead of ordering a steak, ask for a grilled cheese.
- 1973 September, Anne Crawford and Jack Keever, “John Connally Between the Acts”, in Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, Volume 1, Issue 8 (September, 1973), page 44:
- A man of impeccable class, he also buys ready-made suits on sale and would as soon have grilled cheese and iced tea as coq au vin.
- 2008 March 2, Danny Smith, “Play It Again”, in Family Guy, season 6 episode 10, 14:44-14:50:
- Stewie: Does anybody wanna buy my shirt? [pause] I'll trade you my shirt for a grilled cheese!
- 2009 December, in Dwell, ISSN 1530-5309, Volume 10, Number 2 (December 2009/January 2010), page 28:
- He lunched on grilled cheese in Toronto and sashimi in Tokyo and had the chance to stick his finger in a true-to-life Dutch dike in Almere, Holland.
Synonyms
[edit]- (grilled cheese sandwich): cheese toastie, snackwich, grilled cheese sandwich, toasted cheese
Translations
[edit]toasted cheese sandwich
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