smearcase


smear·case

S0493500 (smîr′kās′)n. Pennsylvania See cottage cheese.
[Pennsylvania Dutch Schmierkees, from German Schmierkäse, a kind of spreadable cheese : schmieren, to smear (from Middle High German smirwen, from Old High German) + Käse, cheese (from Middle High German kaese, from Old High German kāsi, from Latin cāseus).]

smearcase

(ˈsmɪəˌkeɪs) n (Cookery) a type of cottage cheese, originally popular in Pennsylvania

smear•case

or smier•case

(ˈsmɪərˌkeɪs)

n. Chiefly North Midland U.S. any soft cheese suitable for spreading, esp. a sour cottage cheese. [1820–30, Amer.; smear + German Käse cheese1]