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The Big Cheese
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I've designed this to be given as a prize.
'Meaning:
The most important person.
Origin:
In earlier times the cheese didn't have to be big - 'the cheese' alone was a synonym for quality. We now use cheesy to describe anything second-rate, artificial or even smelly. Going back to the 19th century the meaning was just the opposite. 'Cheese' or 'cheesy' is listed in John Camden Hotten's The Slang Dictionary, 1863 as:
"Anything good, first-rate in quality, genuine, pleasant or advantageous"'
'Meaning:
The most important person.
Origin:
In earlier times the cheese didn't have to be big - 'the cheese' alone was a synonym for quality. We now use cheesy to describe anything second-rate, artificial or even smelly. Going back to the 19th century the meaning was just the opposite. 'Cheese' or 'cheesy' is listed in John Camden Hotten's The Slang Dictionary, 1863 as:
"Anything good, first-rate in quality, genuine, pleasant or advantageous"'
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