"cheese-eating" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1956, The Paris Review - Issues 12-14, page 16",
          "text": "To report these unsavory and totally lost creatures is of course a violation of the rigid convict code, and is called “ratting” or “cheese-eating.\"",
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          "ref": "2007, David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, page 116",
          "text": "He is, in patrolman's parlance, a cheese-eating rat.",
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          "ref": "2011, Nikki Turner, Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife, page 185",
          "text": "They loved to throw around the fact that they had a ninety percent plus conviction rate, but failed to mention that they wouldn't know jackshit if it wasn't for cowardly, cheese-eating rats telling on anybody to save their own ass.",
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        "Alternative form of cheese eating"
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        "(usually attributive) Alternative form of cheese eating"
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      "form": "more cheese-eating",
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          "word": "cheese-eating surrender monkey"
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          "ref": "2007, Patrick Jones, Nailed, page 101",
          "text": "\"You nailed him,” Sean says with a cheese-eating grin",
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          "ref": "2012, Janice Jones, From Sinner to Saint",
          "text": "Once he finally stopped and stood still at the bottom of the bed, he looked over to find a big ole cheese-eating grin on his mother's face.",
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          "ref": "2014, A. Destiny, Emma Carlson Berne, Sunset Ranch",
          "text": "As I watched, Stephen glanced over at him, and Zach gave Stephen a big cheese-eating grin.",
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        "Superior and self-satisfied."
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        "(informal) Superior and self-satisfied."
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          "ref": "1956, The Paris Review - Issues 12-14, page 16",
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        "(usually attributive) Alternative form of cheese eating"
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          "text": "\"You nailed him,” Sean says with a cheese-eating grin",
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