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noun a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made
noun hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
originFrom Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0