Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable)A terrine made from the flesh of the head of a pig (such as the face).

  2. Synonym of big cheese.

  3. (euphemistic, slang)Synonym of cock cheese.

Origin

Calque of Dutch hoofdkaas.

Calque of Dutch hoofdkaas.

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Forms

plural: head cheeses
Singularhead cheese
Pluralhead cheeses

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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