cheesewire


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cheesewire

(ˈtʃiːzˌwaɪə)
n
(Cookery) a piece of wire used for cutting cheese
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"She was clearly in pain, I knew something was wrong but the hair was so tightly wrapped around the crease of her toe it was like cheesewire, we couldn't see anything at all.
MORE than 1,000 complaints have been made about vaginal mesh implants, with one woman describing the mesh as cutting "like a cheesewire".
Almost all Hatoum's works in this exhibition are about the vulnerability of the human body, even though the body itself is generally absent, and represented by proxy; viz, the shudder induced by her massive cheesegrater, by her cot lined with cheesewire, by her kitchen utensils connected to mains electricity, by the 'Light at the end' of the tunnel that turns out to be a live heating element, by the beautiful cluster of strands hanging from the ceiling that turn out to be barbed wire.
Yeah, leave it with me.' Already, a basic 'professional' meeting with this girl is gonna carry the awkwardness of a ***in date, as I have to walk that cheesewire tightrope of etiquette.
Even after she had abandoned the shoes, poor Saoirse's feet still looked like they had been cut with cheesewire.
She was lucky, because the cheesewire could have taken her head off if it had it hit her neck.
Wearing a cheesewire is neither attractive nor comfortable, so don't do it.
With Costa dangled out invitingly as bait for the killer the police think they have Asher cornered, but things go horribly wrong, leading to Asher's mother meeting a grisly end in a police lift with some cheesewire, and Scott losing her job and resigned to life on her own as a single mother after falling pregnant following a one-night stand with Costa.
Weapons made available in the game include cheesewire, glass, hammers, meat cleavers, baseball bats and a chainsaw with extra points given for the viciousness of the killings.
The hooks are bad enough themselves but when fishing line is still attached, that can go through a swan's leg like cheesewire.