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cheeselet

(chiefly, Malta) A small, usually roundish lump of cheese; a baby cheese; specifically, a particular type made with sheep's milk in Malta.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(chiefly, Malta) A small, usually roundish lump of cheese; a baby cheese; specifically, a particular type made with sheep's milk in Malta.

CHEESELETS. A saucer three-fourths full of grated cheese, mix with it the whites of thee eggs beaten stiff, add a pinch of salt, a few drops of Worcestershire sauce. Form into balls, roll in cracker crumbs (very fine), drop in boiling la…
Origin: [[File:Food display in a rural location of Malta.jpg|thumb|A selection of ġbejniet or cheeselets (sense 1; foreground) in Malta.]] From . Sense 1 has been reinforced by the word’s use as a , a diminutive of ġobon. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(US, archaic) A baked dish of bread and cheese covered with a mixture of eggs and milk.

Milk free from foreign deleterious spores will produce cheeselets which are pliant without trace of gas development, that is free from 'holes' or 'eyes,' whereas the cheeselets from the milk not fit for cheesemaking will by this treatmen…
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