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cheese eater
noun
, Slang.
- an informer; rat.
- a person who betrays, denies, or abandons their associates, social group, beliefs, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cheese eater1
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; the sense “informer”; in association of cheese with rat
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