Cheeseparer

/ˈtʃiːzˌpɛərər/ noun

A person who pares or shaves off thin slices of cheese; also a tool designed to shave thin strips from a block of cheese.

Compound of 'cheese' and 'parer' (from 'pare', from Old French 'parer' meaning to trim). The tool emerged alongside specialized cheese preparation in the Victorian era.

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