- Cheshire cat
- noun Etymology: Cheshire, England Date: 1866 a broadly grinning cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Cheshire cat
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Cheshire cat — n. a proverbial grinning cat from Cheshire, England, esp. one described in Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland … English World dictionary
Cheshire Cat — This article is about a character in Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. For other uses, see Cheshire Cat (disambiguation). Cheshire Cat Alice character The Cheshire cat as … Wikipedia
Cheshire Cat — Die Cheshire Cat in Carrolls Alice im Wunderland, 1866 Die Cheshire [ˈtʃɛʃə] Cat (Cheshire Katze, in deutschen Übersetzungen Grinsekatze oder Grinse Katze) ist eine Figur aus dem Roman Alice im Wunderland (Alice s Adventures in Wonderland) von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cheshire cat — [[t]tʃe̱ʃə(r) kæ̱t[/t]] PHRASE 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 … English dictionary
Cheshire cat — UK [ˌtʃeʃə(r) ˈkæt] / US [ˌtʃeʃər ˈkæt] like a/the Cheshire Cat with an obvious or silly smile Etymology: From the Cheshire Cat, a cat that is always smiling in the novel Alice s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll … English dictionary
Cheshire cat — 1. a constantly grinning cat in Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. 2. grin like a Cheshire cat, to smile or grin inscrutably. * * * … Universalium
Cheshire cat — Chesh|ire cat, the 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Cheshire cat — Chesh|ire cat [ ,tʃeʃər kæt ] like a/the Cheshire Cat with a big or silly smile … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
