Swiss Cheese (1783) & Cretins & Chalets

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>    While OED does not have "Gruyere,"  I noticed that Merriam-Webster
> has it from 1802.  Yet, both OED and M-W have "Swiss Cheese" from 1822!

OED does have "Gruyere," with a first use of 1802.  Presumably this is
where M-W got its dating.  OED also has an unnaturalized citation (the
type that you usually consider as an antedating) dated 1775.


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