"sub-cheese" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi सब (sab, “all, every”) + Hindi चीज़ (cīz, “thing, object, item”), respelled in a folk-etymological identification with sub- + cheese. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|hi|सब|t=all, every}} Borrowed from Hindi सब (sab, “all, every”), {{bor|en|hi|चीज़|t=thing, object, item}} Hindi चीज़ (cīz, “thing, object, item”), {{pre|en|sub-|cheese|nocat=1}} sub- + cheese Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} sub-cheese, {{en-pron}} sub-cheese
  1. (originally Anglo-Indian, military slang, archaic) Everything; all there is. Tags: archaic, slang Synonyms: subcheese, subcheeze, subchiz
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