"double Gloucester" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: double Gloucesters [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps because cream from the morning milk was added to the evening milk, because the milk was skimmed twice, or because the cheese was typically twice the height of a single Gloucester. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} double Gloucester (countable and uncountable, plural double Gloucesters)
  1. A variety of Gloucester cheese, stronger and aged for longer than single Gloucester. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cheeses Categories (place): Gloucestershire, England Synonyms: double Gloster [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-double_Gloucester-en-noun-GQJhHDj- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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