Blue-vein
noun
(Austral & NZ) another name for blue cheese
Historical Examples
The Campfire Girls Go Motoring Hildegard G. Frey
The Heir to Grand Pr John Frederic Herbin
Bentley’s Miscellany, Volume II Various
In the Days of My Youth Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
The Heir to Grand Pr John Frederic Herbin
The Rainbow D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Little Prudy’s Sister Susy Sophie May
The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper’s Guide Anonymous
Mind Amongst the Spindles Various
The Heir to Grand Pr John Frederic Herbin
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