cheesemongress

English

Noun

cheesemongress (plural cheesemongresses)

1. Alternative form of cheesemongeress
   • 1801 October 5, John, Lord Campbell, “January 1800—August 1802”, in Mary Scarlett Hardcastle, editor, Life of John, Lord Campbell, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: Consisting of a Selection from his Autobiography, Diary, and Letters, volume I, London: John Murray, published 1881, page 75:

     How did I now regret that I had deserted my pretty and well provided cheesemongress!

   • 1845, John Fisher Murray, “Jemima’s Journal of Fashionable Life and Conversation”, in The World of London, volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 252:

     My lady in a way, because my Lord Doldrum was seen speaking in Hyde Park to Miss Stilton, the rich cheesemongress’s daughter.

   • 2017, Peni Jo Renner, Raid on Cochecho (book three of The Puritan Chronicles), Lulu, →ISBN:

     Had she ever dreamed she would grow up to be a spinster cheesemongress?

   • 2020 October 8, Amy Drew Thompson, “Don’t break the mold: Enjoying moldy cheese, for some, is a process — an acquired taste”, in Orlando Sentinel, page D1 (online):

     “The mold is what gives the cheese its character,” says Tonda Corrente, Orlando’s foremost cheesemongress (yes, I made that up) and proprietor of La Femme du Fromage.