cheese and kisses
cheese and kisses
Wife. ("Cheese and kisses" rhymes with "missus.") Primarily heard in Australia. A: "Where are you two going on your trip?" B: "Oh, the cheese and kisses and I will be off on an island getaway!" Is this the cheese and kisses? Well, how lovely to finally meet you, Marcy! A: "Dan is coming alone?" B: "Yeah, I hear the cheese and kisses had other plans tonight."
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Cheese (caseus) in Australian slang (so Eric Partridge) stands for wife (Cochneyesque rhyming slang,
cheese and kisses = 'missus').
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