Meaning
Cheese — especially the bright-yellow processed cheese sold in a tin (New Zealand 'tin cheese'), a Jamaican pantry favourite. Its most beloved pairing is 'bun an cheese', the Easter treat of spiced bun with a thick slice of cheese. (In slang, 'cheese' can also mean money.)
Examples
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Bun an cheese a di Easter tradition.
Bun and cheese is the Easter tradition.
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Cut a thick slice a tin cheese.
Cut a thick slice of tin cheese.
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Him a stack up di cheese.
He's stacking up the money.
Origin
From 'cheese'; the tinned processed cheese is iconic, above all in 'bun an cheese'. The money sense is wider slang.
How it’s used
Chiefly tinned cheese, famous in 'bun an cheese' (Easter). Also slang for money. See [[bun]], [[cheddar]].