"pickcheese" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pickcheeses [plural]
Etymology: pick + cheese. The bird is so called because it would steal from dairies. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pick|cheese}} pick + cheese Head templates: {{en-noun}} pickcheese (plural pickcheeses)
  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) The blue tit. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Tits
    Sense id: en-pickcheese-en-noun-PqdXHSi2 Disambiguation of Tits: 92 8 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 62 38
  2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) The fruit of the mallow. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-pickcheese-en-noun-TfccUarq Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cheeseweed

Inflected forms

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