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The Romance of Language: Word for the Week 4/07/17

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Jenna Jaxon

Groaning Cheese: “It is customary at Oxford to cut the cheese (called in the north of England, in allusion to the mother’s complaints at delivery, “the Groaning Cheese”) in the middle when the child is born, and so by degrees … Continue reading →

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