cheese cutter

noun

1. a board with a wire attached for cutting cheese
2. nautical a keel that may be drawn up into the boat when not in use
3. a nautical peaked cap worn without a badge

Example Sentences

The woman's voice came through the envelope of Margerine's sub-consciousness, steely clear as a cheese-cutter.

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"Never mind, boys," cried the sergeant in the cheese-cutter.

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The second officer wore the ordinary seafaring cap known as a cheese-cutter.

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Here he pulled his cheese-cutter cap down with a jerk, so that the bleary eyes were no longer visible.

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As this melancholy figure wended its way among the palms, I could make out the pea jacket and cheese-cutter cap of Captain Kane.

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