bread and cheesen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌbrɛd (ə)n(d) ˈtʃiːz/, U.S.

/ˌbrɛd (ə)n ˈtʃiz/

Forms: see bread n., and conj.¹, adv., and n.¹, and cheese n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., and conj.¹, cheese n.¹

Etymology: < bread n. + and conj.¹ + cheese n.¹With use as adjective compare bread and butter adj.

A. n.

†1. A plain, simple, or straitened diet or mode of living; basic necessities. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > plain or ordinary food

breadlOE

bread and cheesea1556

staple1970

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.iij Such sporte haue I with him as I would not leese, Though I should be bounde to lyue with bread and cheese.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. i. 129 I loue not the humor of bread and cheese.

1791 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto III 5 Morpheus..gave..To brainless authors, bread and cheese and fame.

2. English regional. The edible young leaves, shoots, or fruits of any of several plants, esp. the common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1828 Lion 15 Feb. 218 Blincoe..used to go into one of the woods near the factory, and get what the boys called bread and cheese, that is, hips and hipleaves, clover or other vegetable, and filling his bosom, run back to the mill, and eat this trash, instead of foul rice.

1890 J. Nicholson Folk-lore E. Yorks. xi. 123 Country children gather the delicate, brittle shoots of the wild rose, peel off the skin, and eat the soft, juicy wood, calling it ‘bread and cheese’.

1901 E. D. Marquand Flora Guernsey & Lesser Channel Islands 67 The fruits [of Common Mallow] taste something like nuts, and commonly go under the name of cheeses, fairy cheeses, or bread-and-cheese.

1976 E. Weber Peasants into Frenchmen ix. 134 The countryside loomed rich with edible herbs and leaves: there were larch shoots to chew..plus hawthorn, the ‘bread and cheese’ of the English Lake District.

B. adj. (attributive).

1. Of an ordinary or plain nature; everyday, simple, fundamental. Cf. bread and butter adj. 2a. Now rare.Quot. 1643 may possibly illustrate a different sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > commonplace

commona1382

ordinarc1400

plainc1430

famosec1449

famous1528

vulgar1580

ordinary1590

undistinguished1600

indistinguished1608

commonplace1616

unremarkable1628

irremarkable1635

bread and cheese1643

incurious1747

ordinary-looking1798

routine1826

indistinctive1846

common-seeming1857

bread-and-butterish1893

bread-and-buttery1893

timeworn1901

day-to-day1919

vanilla1972

standard1977

1643 T. Sandford in P. J. Addition to Relation Eng.-Irish Army (1644) 6 I am now no bread and cheese Rogue, but as ever a Loyallist.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Bread and Cheese Bowling-green, a very ord'nary one, where they play for Drink and Tobacco, all wet, as 'tis called.

1796 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 170 Her kind bread & cheese rusticity would not be disdainful.

1838 Manch. Guardian 26 Sept. 3/2 This question of universal suffrage is a knife-and-fork question, a bread-and-cheese question, after all.

1932 Manch. Guardian 19 Jan. 12/1 Either we must make bread and cheese articles on a competitive basis with other nations or produce better and more attractive goods.

2. Of work, a livelihood, etc.: modest but dependable; that furnishes a basic rather than a lavish income. Cf. bread and butter adj. 2b. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1833 in Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 13 June 3/5 The Clerkship of the Ordnance might prove a decent sort of bread and cheese living; but my Lord did not appear to regard him as great gun enough for even that subordinate affair.

1894 Leisure Hour Sept. 705/2 ‘Bread and cheese books’—those..as a means of money-making—are the backbone of the book-selling trade.

1961 Financial Times 12 July 8/4 A former head of the agricultural department.., himself a practical farmer.., used to say that farming is a bread and cheese existence with a little butter thrown in now and then.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bread and cheese
释义	bread and cheesen.adj. Brit. /ˌbrɛd (ə)n(d) ˈtʃiːz/, U.S. /ˌbrɛd (ə)n ˈtʃiz/ Forms: see bread n., and conj.¹, adv., and n.¹, and cheese n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., and conj.¹, cheese n.¹ Etymology: < bread n. + and conj.¹ + cheese n.¹With use as adjective compare bread and butter adj. A. n. †1. A plain, simple, or straitened diet or mode of living; basic necessities. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > plain or ordinary food breadlOE bread and cheesea1556 staple1970 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.iij Such sporte haue I with him as I would not leese, Though I should be bounde to lyue with bread and cheese. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. i. 129 I loue not the humor of bread and cheese. 1791 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto III 5 Morpheus..gave..To brainless authors, bread and cheese and fame. 2. English regional. The edible young leaves, shoots, or fruits of any of several plants, esp. the common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. Now rare. ΚΠ 1828 Lion 15 Feb. 218 Blincoe..used to go into one of the woods near the factory, and get what the boys called bread and cheese, that is, hips and hipleaves, clover or other vegetable, and filling his bosom, run back to the mill, and eat this trash, instead of foul rice. 1890 J. Nicholson Folk-lore E. Yorks. xi. 123 Country children gather the delicate, brittle shoots of the wild rose, peel off the skin, and eat the soft, juicy wood, calling it ‘bread and cheese’. 1901 E. D. Marquand Flora Guernsey & Lesser Channel Islands 67 The fruits [of Common Mallow] taste something like nuts, and commonly go under the name of cheeses, fairy cheeses, or bread-and-cheese. 1976 E. Weber Peasants into Frenchmen ix. 134 The countryside loomed rich with edible herbs and leaves: there were larch shoots to chew..plus hawthorn, the ‘bread and cheese’ of the English Lake District. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Of an ordinary or plain nature; everyday, simple, fundamental. Cf. bread and butter adj. 2a. Now rare.Quot. 1643 may possibly illustrate a different sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > commonplace commona1382 ordinarc1400 plainc1430 famosec1449 famous1528 vulgar1580 ordinary1590 undistinguished1600 indistinguished1608 commonplace1616 unremarkable1628 irremarkable1635 bread and cheese1643 incurious1747 ordinary-looking1798 routine1826 indistinctive1846 common-seeming1857 bread-and-butterish1893 bread-and-buttery1893 timeworn1901 day-to-day1919 vanilla1972 standard1977 1643 T. Sandford in P. J. Addition to Relation Eng.-Irish Army (1644) 6 I am now no bread and cheese Rogue, but as ever a Loyallist. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Bread and Cheese Bowling-green, a very ord'nary one, where they play for Drink and Tobacco, all wet, as 'tis called. 1796 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 170 Her kind bread & cheese rusticity would not be disdainful. 1838 Manch. Guardian 26 Sept. 3/2 This question of universal suffrage is a knife-and-fork question, a bread-and-cheese question, after all. 1932 Manch. Guardian 19 Jan. 12/1 Either we must make bread and cheese articles on a competitive basis with other nations or produce better and more attractive goods. 2. Of work, a livelihood, etc.: modest but dependable; that furnishes a basic rather than a lavish income. Cf. bread and butter adj. 2b. Now rare. ΚΠ 1833 in Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 13 June 3/5 The Clerkship of the Ordnance might prove a decent sort of bread and cheese living; but my Lord did not appear to regard him as great gun enough for even that subordinate affair. 1894 Leisure Hour Sept. 705/2 ‘Bread and cheese books’—those..as a means of money-making—are the backbone of the book-selling trade. 1961 Financial Times 12 July 8/4 A former head of the agricultural department.., himself a practical farmer.., used to say that farming is a bread and cheese existence with a little butter thrown in now and then. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.a1556
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