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cheesecake

/ˈt͡ʃiːzˌkeɪk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
  2. A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).
  3. Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English chesekake; equivalent to cheese + cake. Compare chess cake.

  1. chesekake(enm)
  2. cheesecake (English)
  3. Relations: inh

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