Stilton
/ˈstɪlt(ə)n
/noun [mass noun] trademark
A kind of strong rich cheese, often with blue veins, originally made at various places in Leicestershire.Deciding to go for a niche market and make a blue cheese, they tried to replicate the sort of cheeses that were then being imported into Ireland, such as Stilton or Danish blue....
- More than 30 British foods have already been granted special status, including Cornish clotted cream and Stilton cheese.
- The unidentifiable objects mouldering in the fridge were successively replaced by jars of pickled onions, Cheddar cheese and Stilton.
Origin
So named because it was formerly sold to travellers at a coaching inn in Stilton (now in Cambridgeshire).
Rhymes
- streetie
- streeting
- street island
- street jewellery
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- street level
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- street luge
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- street man
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- street name
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- street parlor
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- street people