"cheese-eater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cheese-eaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheese-eater (plural cheese-eaters)
  1. Alternative form of cheese eater Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cheese eater
    Sense id: en-cheese-eater-en-noun-1K-tIZSo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1992, Miguel Durán, Don't Spit On My Corner, page 88",
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