Cheesemongers
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See also: cheesemongers
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
So called after a relaxation of the social qualifications for recruitment, which meant that tradesmen (as opposed to gentlemen) could sign up.
Proper noun[edit]
the Cheesemongers
- (UK, slang, obsolete) The Life Guards (British army regiment).
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
- Nicknames of British Units during the Napoleonic Wars