Citations:Cheetos
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- where used as a countable noun, to count each piece
- 1991, Joseph T. Tobin, Dana H. Davidson, Preschool in Three Cultures: Japan, China and the United States, page 161
- You get fights over food, or the kids make trades, like they trade their whole sandwich for three Cheetos.
- 2003, Bryna Siegel, Helping Children with Autism Learn, page 209
- If he says, "I want Cheetos," thank him for asking, and give him a few Cheetos.
- 2006 April 9, Steve Paulson (interviewer) and Stefan Gates (interviewee), “Techno Cuisine”, To the Best of Our Knowledge, Wisconsin Public Radio
- Steve Paulson: So do you just take a leaf and wrap it around your Cheeto and go from there?
- Stefan Gates: Exactly. I'd say sausages are an easier thing to start with. Cheetos are slightly com—, slightly more complicated.
[edit] English citations of Cheetos
- in general use
- 1980, Patricia Vernier, The California Factor, page 41
- Her stomach could survive any patchy appeasements, but she couldn't find the damn Cheetos anywhere in the kitchen.
- 1982, Roger Rapoport, California Dreaming: The Political Odyssey of Pat & Jerry Brown, page 156
- Or, they could follow the example set by their new boss, who crammed concise lists into pockets stocked with Cheetos munched in lieu of lunch.
- 2002, Rida Allen, The Legacy Tree, page 4
- Changing into her bathing suit, she promised her parents she would be careful, grabbed a bag of Cheetos and set off with Peanut toward the pier.
- 2005, Julia Slavin, Carnivore Diet, page 211
- He stealthily glided into the kitchen, looked at all the food, daintily picked up the bag of Cheetos and went to sit in the dining room.
- 2005, Alan Haehnel, Stressed, A Teen Symphony in One Act, Theatrefolk, ISBN 189487059X, page 20
- We’d be cruising down the holy highway […] snarfin’ only the best foods: Cheetos and Mountain Dew and an occassional Slim Jim. Heaven on wheels […]
- 2005, Hal Edward Runkel, Screamfree Parenting, Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, ScreamFree Living, ISBN 0975998110, page 137
- Vacation is great, isn’t it? Getting up when you want, wearing pajamas until noon, eating Cheetos instead of Cheerios for breakfast.
