groaning cheese

noun

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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Meanings

noungroaning cheese (plural groaning cheeses)

plural groaning cheeses

  1. UKhistoricalA 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.

Origin

groaning refers to the travails of childbirth.

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APA

groaning cheese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groaning%20cheese

MLA

“groaning cheese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groaning%20cheese. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “groaning cheese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groaning%20cheese.

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