subs. (old).—1. Poor, soft cheese: also SWEATY-TOE CHEESE (q.v.).
1821. W. T. MONCRIEFF, Tom and Jerry, ii., 3. I say, do you hear, let’s have a twopenny burster, half a quartern of BEESVAX, a ha’p’orth o’ ingens, and a dollop o’ salt along vith it, vill you?
1849. Bell’s Life. [From BAUMANN]. A burster with a slice of BEESWAX.
2. A bore: one who ‘buttonholes’ another: generally, OLD BEESWAX.
