cheshire cat

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Definition of cheshire cat in English English dictionary: A fictional grinning cat, made popular by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; If someone is grinning like a Cheshire cat or like the Cheshire cat, they are smiling very widely. He had a grin on his face like a Cheshire Cat. a Cheshire Cat smile. a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, which disappears very slowly until only its big smile is left. People sometimes say someone is "grinning like a Cheshire cat" to mean that they have a big and rather silly smile on their face; a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll
grin like a Cheshire cat: To smile broadly, especially in a self-satisfied way
John ended the set with a beautiful serve, an ace, and could not help grinning like a Cheshire cat.
grin like a Cheshire cat: make a wide smile

cheshire cat

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Chesh·ire cat

çeşır kät

/ˈʧesʜər ˈkat/ /ˈʧɛʃɜr ˈkæt/

() The term is attested since at least the 1790s.

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