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chẹ̄se
n.
117 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Curds or cheese as food;
water of chese
, whey; (b)
fresh, grene, neue chese
, fresh cheese;
olde chese
, aged cheese;
hard chese, mene chese, softe chese
; etc.; (c)
got chese
, goat cheese;
chese of
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