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==Other uses== During [[World War II]], German soldiers mockingly referred to the Dutch as cheeseheads because of the [[Netherlands]]' extensive dairy farming industry. The [[Dutch language|Dutch]] term ''kaaskop'', literally "cheese head", is considered a [[Dutch profanity|profanity]] to refer to a person as stupid or dense.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCollum |first1=Maureen |title=Why Do People Wear Cheeseheads? |url=https://www.wpr.org/culture/why-do-people-wear-cheeseheads |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=WPR |date=October 18, 2019}}</ref> In the 1969 novel ''[[Papillon (book)|Papillon]]'', the term was used to describe the unsophisticated jurors who voted to convict the main character.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlton |first1=Jeremy |title=A Chicago insult we embraced: 10 things you need to know about Cheeseheads |url=https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/cheeseheads10things |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=OnMilwaukee |date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>
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