† cheesinen.
Obsolete.
An artificial imitation of cheese.
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cheesine1884
soy cheese1890
margarine cheese1899
1884 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 31 May 7/6 He should have no objection to the material produced being called ‘cheesine’, or any other name, and sold not as genuine cheese.
1888 The Grocer 6 Oct. 584 I bought some lots of cheesine under the impression that it was cheese; it was unsaleable.
1919 Sat. Evening Post 12 Apr. 4/3 You will expect me to serve you a substitute, something advertised perhaps as Cheesine or Cheesolo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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