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Cheshire cat

noun Chesh·ire cat \ˈche-shər-\

Definition of CHESHIRE CAT

:  a broadly grinning cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Origin of CHESHIRE CAT

Cheshire, England
First Known Use: 1866

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