Meanings
plural cheese singles
- A prepackaged individual slice of processed cheese.
Like a cheese single, there can be only one. Down with your monarchy of mass-produced hamburgers.
2006, Jarod Kintz, E-mails from a Madman: Namdam a Morf Sliame2 more examples
You can order a standard breakfast from the menu, which is three pieces of bread and a cheese single, jam, a pasty, honey, butter and a cup of coffee.
2021, Aku-Petteri Korhonen, Trekking over the Alps, page 52Sally and Lynn sat at the butcher block table in the kitchen and fixed tuna salad sandwiches with a cheese single and a pickle on wheat bread.
2022, David Rachlin, Billy Backside and Other Stories
Origin
Probably from the brand Kraft Singles, from single (“individual”).
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cheese single. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheese%20single
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