Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common name in some parts of England of the horse-mushroom, Agaricus arvensis.

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Examples

  • So however it proved to be; for as I came in, soon after dark, my sister Eliza met me at the corner of the cheese-room, and she said,

    Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

  • He turned and stamped his way into the cheese-room.

    The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid 2003

  • The latter good soul was a gaunt, angular woman, who, with an old black bonnet on the top of her head, the strings dangling about her shoulders, and her gown tucked through her pocket-holes, went clattering about the dairy, cheese-room, and yard, in high pattens.

    Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

  • There was a faint, pure smell of the dairy near, as if the porch opened to a butter and cheese-room; but the exquisite cleanliness of everything around made this rather agreeable than otherwise.

    The Old Homestead Ann S. Stephens

  • The next night I shall rub it dry with a towel, and put it up in the cheese-room.

    The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various

  • It had one parlor, three decent bed-rooms, kitchen, and out-houses; we built extempore chambers out of the barn and cheese-room.

    John Halifax, Gentleman 1897

  • Wringham Pollixfen Poole and had killed the real Mr. Richard in our old cheese-room.

    The Dew of Their Youth 1887

  • Maitlands had been used as a cheese-room, Mr. Richard Poole sat, as he had been found, his head still bowed upon his arms, but on his face, when they raised it to look, there was an absolute terror, so that even the General, who had seen many a day of battle, was glad to lay it down again.

    The Dew of Their Youth 1887

  • One such gin was placed in the cheese-room, near a hole from which they issued, but they dragged together pieces of straw, little fragments of wood, and various odds and ends, and so covered the pan that the trap could not spring.

    The Open Air Richard Jefferies 1867

  • There was then nothing for it but to dash through the doorway into the empty cheese-room adjoining, which was better lighted.

    The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867

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  • What a disappointment. No cheese in the cheese room.

    August 12, 2015