cheese-eating

1. alternativeattributiveuncountableusuallyAlternative form of cheese eating.

   He is, in patrolman's parlance, a cheese-eating rat.

   2007, David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, page 116

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   To report these unsavory and totally lost creatures is of course a violation of the rigid convict code, and is called “ratting” or “cheese-eating."

   1956, The Paris Review - Issues 12-14, page 16

   They loved to throw around the fact that they had a ninety percent plus conviction rate, but failed to mention that they wouldn't know jackshit if it wasn't for cowardly, cheese-eating rats telling on anybody to save their own ass.

   2011, Nikki Turner, Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife, page 185

comparative more cheese-eating · superlative most cheese-eating

1. informalSuperior and self-satisfied.

   "You nailed him,” Sean says with a cheese-eating grin

   2007, Patrick Jones, Nailed, page 101

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   Once he finally stopped and stood still at the bottom of the bed, he looked over to find a big ole cheese-eating grin on his mother's face.

   2012, Janice Jones, From Sinner to Saint

   As I watched, Stephen glanced over at him, and Zach gave Stephen a big cheese-eating grin.

   2014, A. Destiny, Emma Carlson Berne, Sunset Ranch