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groaning cheese

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English

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Etymology

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groaning refers to the travails of childbirth.

Noun

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groaning cheese (plural groaning cheeses)

  1. (UK, historical) 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.
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