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Cheshire cat   /tʃˈɛʃər kæt/   Listen
Cheshire cat

noun
1.
A fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll.





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"Cheshire cat" Quotes from Famous Books



... had a touch of the proverbial Cheshire cat's malice. "Glad you approve. But you keep that sympathy for yourself. I'm asking you to pull the chestnut out of the fire for me. You'd better look out or ...
— Man Size • William MacLeod Raine
... his account, a modest place of business, not shady in any sense, but out of the way, in a small street now rebuilt from end to end. "Seven doors from the Cheshire Cat public house under the railway bridge. I used to take my lunch there when my business called me to the city. Cloete would come in to have his chop and make the girl laugh. No need to talk much, either, for that. Nothing but the ...
— Within the Tides • Joseph Conrad


Words linked to "Cheshire cat" :   fictitious character, character, fictional character


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