Definition of Headcheese

1. Noun. Sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig.

Generic synonyms: Loaf, Sausage

Definition of Headcheese

1. n. A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.

Definition of Headcheese

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of head cheese) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headcheese

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headcheese

headbanged
headbanger
headbangers
headbanging
headbangs
headboard
headboards
headborough
headboroughs
headcase
headcases
headcheese (current term)
headcheeses
headcloth
headcloths
headcollar
headcollars
headcount
headcounter
headcounts
headcover
headcovers
headdesk
headdesked
headdesking
headdesks

Literary usage of Headcheese

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"Poisoned by headcheese.—Twenty-five men of the cavalry detachment stationed at West Point were made seriously ill by some canned headcheese which was served ..."

2. Canada at War, 1914-1918: A Record of Heroism and Achievement by John Castell Hopkins, Robert John Renison (1919)
"The eagle eye of the president of the mess fell upon a shop window where a certain headcheese was for sale. He purchased it and carried it in triumph to the ..."

3. Memoirs of a Great Detective: Incidents in the Life of John Wilson Murray by John Wilson Murray (1905)
"Then he brought cider, and headcheese and gingerbread, and we sat in a huge room ... cider and munched headcheese and gingerbread while we waited for Louis. ..."

4. Illustrated History of the Union Stockyards: A Sketch-book of Familiar Faces by W. Joseph Grand (1896)
"The stomach goes for headcheese, the livers for free lunch or are made into liver sausages. A percentage of the blood is used for blood sausage; ..."

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