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cheese single en · NOUN

Etymology

Probably from the brand Kraft Singles, from single (“individual”).

Meanings

1. A prepackaged individual slice of processed cheese.
   • Sally and Lynn sat at the butcher block table in the kitchen and fixed tuna salad sandwiches with a cheese single and a pickle on wheat bread. 2022, David Rachlin, Billy Backside and Other Stories:
   • Like a cheese single, there can be only one. Down with your monarchy of mass-produced hamburgers. 2006, Jarod Kintz, E-mails from a Madman: Namdam a Morf Sliame:
   • You can order a standard breakfast from the menu, which is three pieces of bread and a cheese single, jam, a pasty, honey, butter and a cup of coffee. 2021, Aku-Petteri Korhonen, Trekking over the Alps, page 52:

Forms

wikipedia: Kraft Singles