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Cheese and crackers

Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than cheese* and *crackers?
  

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" It's more like an euphemism. Tony Cooper Orlando FL

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[nq:1]Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than cheese* and *crackers?[/nq]
Not really another meaning, but people that don't want to curse sometimes say "Cheese and crackers, got all muddy." instead of "Jesus Christ, *** Almighty." It's more like an euphemism.

Tony Cooper
Orlando FL
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[nq:1]Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than cheese* and *crackers?[/nq]
Not that I know. But 'Cream Crackered' is rhyming slang for 'knackered' (tired and run down and/or in a poor state of repair).

DC
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[nq:2]Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than cheese* and *crackers?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not really another meaning, but people that don't want to curse sometimes say "Cheese and crackers, got all muddy." instead of "Jesus Christ, *** Almighty." It's more like an euphemism.[/nq]
There's "cheese and rice" for that, too. Probably depends on the time of day. Snack or side dis
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[nq:2]Not really another meaning, but people that don't want to ... "Jesus Christ, *** Almighty." It's more like an euphemism.[/nq]
[nq:1]There's "cheese and rice" for that, too. Probably depends on the time of day. Snack or side dish? Mike G.[/nq]
One expression I say on occasion is "Good grief and gravy!" It's well known well, well known among people interested in the history of words, a
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[nq:2]There's "cheese and rice" for that, too. Probably depends on the time of day. Snack or side dish? Mike G.[/nq]
[nq:1]One expression I say on occasion is "Good grief and gravy!" It's well known well, well known among people interested in ... reference to Jesus. If the expression "Good grief and gravy!" did notappear until recent decades, the "blood"-hypothesis could be discounted.[/nq]

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