cheese-eater

One who is regarded as a traitor. "Cheese" alludes to rats eating cheese, playing on the definition of "rat" meaning "traitor." The gang was determined to find the cheese-eater who told the police about their illegal activities. Look, just because I'm going to work for a different company doesn't make me a cheese-eater or anything. It isn't personal, it's business! That lying, two-faced cheese-eater sold us out!

cheese-eater

n. an informer; a rat fink. (Rats eat cheese.) Some cheese-eater called the clerk and warned her we were coming.

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This one is more familiar to even indifferent cheese-eaters. It is soft and creamy, with an edible, bloomy rind (yes, it's mold.

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Apparently, eating aged cheeses such as cheddar and brie could also extend lifespan, whilst another study earlier this year claimed that cheese-eaters were slimmer than those who avoided the tantalising treat.

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But Kate O'Meara of the Cheese Society, which promotes the UK cheese industry, says: "Many cheese-eaters will feel they're being robbed.

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Vocal performances are suitably lively, including some outrageous vowel-rolling by McKellen, whose monarchist baddie despairs at the ineptitude of his rat sidekicks: "You incompetent cheese-eaters!"

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GEORGE Bush's administration's disdain for the cheese-eaters and wimps of Old Europe prior to the invasion of Iraq is coming back to haunt him.

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But Kate O'Meara of the Cheese Society, which promotes the UK's cheese industry, says: "Many cheese-eaters will feel they're being robbed.

Cheese's wax is on the wane

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