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Definition of Headcheese
1. Noun. Sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig.
Definition of Headcheese
1. n. A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.
Definition of Headcheese
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of head cheese) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headcheese
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headcheese
Literary usage of Headcheese
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"Poisoned by headcheese.—Twenty-five men of the cavalry detachment stationed at
West Point were made seriously ill by some canned headcheese which was served ..."
2. Canada at War, 1914-1918: A Record of Heroism and Achievement by John Castell Hopkins, Robert John Renison (1919)
"The eagle eye of the president of the mess fell upon a shop window where a certain
headcheese was for sale. He purchased it and carried it in triumph to the ..."
3. Memoirs of a Great Detective: Incidents in the Life of John Wilson Murray by John Wilson Murray (1905)
"Then he brought cider, and headcheese and gingerbread, and we sat in a huge room
... cider and munched headcheese and gingerbread while we waited for Louis. ..."
4. Illustrated History of the Union Stockyards: A Sketch-book of Familiar Faces by W. Joseph Grand (1896)
"The stomach goes for headcheese, the livers for free lunch or are made into liver
sausages. A percentage of the blood is used for blood sausage; ..."
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