cheesecake

[cheez-keyk] /ˈtʃizˌkeɪk/
noun
1.
Also, cheese cake. a cake having a firm custardlike texture, made with cream cheese, cottage cheese, or both, and sometimes topped with a jamlike fruit mixture.
2.
Informal.. Also called leg art. photographs featuring scantily clothed attractive women.
Origin
1400-50; 1930-35, for def 2; late Middle English chese kake; see cheese1, cake
Examples from the web for cheesecake
  • He was a media star, posing for cheesecake publicity shoots, popping up on girlie calendars and matchbook covers.
  • Here cherries are used in everything from vodka to cheesecake.
  • One of her favorite research subjects is cheesecake.
  • It shouldn't be a punishment for eating cheesecake, which is what we've turned it into.
  • Desserts include key lime pie, brownie sundaes and cheesecake.
  • Go old school with rum raisin and frozen pudding, or be au courant with ginger or strawberry cheesecake.
  • It was their pumpkin cheesecake that made it into in the movie.
  • Plates and plates of cheesecake cluttered on tables at the beginning of the program and at the end of the program.
  • In another section, they were selling slices of a delicious-looking raspberry cheesecake.
  • The popular cheesecake is a rich and creamy cheesecake mix on the top of a sweet sourdough roll.
British Dictionary definitions for cheesecake

cheesecake

/ˈtʃiːzˌkeɪk/
noun
1.
a rich tart with a biscuit base, filled with a mixture of cream cheese, cream, sugar, and often sultanas, sometimes having a fruit topping
2.
(slang) women displayed for their sex appeal, as in photographs in magazines, newspapers, or films Compare beefcake
Word Origin and History for cheesecake
n.

also cheese-cake, mid-15c., from cheese (n.1) + cake (n.). In figurative uses for "soft, effeminate" from 18c. Slang meaning dates from 1934, when a "Time" magazine article defined it as "leg-pictures of sporty females." In its early years this sense of the word often was associated with Marlene Dietrich.

Slang definitions & phrases for cheesecake

cheesecake

modifier

: unless one perceives in cheesecake photographs illicit and limitless pleasures

noun
  1. Photographs and photography of women in clothing and poses that emphasize their sexuality: a magazine full of cheesecake (1930s+)
  2. A woman's legs, breasts, hips, etc: standing on the corner scoping out the cheesecake (1940s+)

[apparently fr the appreciative comments of one or another New York City newspaper photographer at the ocean-liner docks who posed women so that their legs were featured, and pronounced the pictures to be ''better than cheesecake'']