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Cheesemongers
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cheesemongers
English
Etymology
So called after a relaxation of the social qualifications for recruitment, which meant that tradesmen (as opposed to gentlemen) could sign up.
Proper noun
the Cheesemongers
en UK slang obsolete The Life Guards British army regiment.
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=Cheesemongers
Nicknames of British Units during the Napoleonic Wars