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   Chesh·ire cat

   /tʃeʃərˈkæt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a cat depicted with a broad fixed grin, as popularized through Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).

   Word Origin late 18th century: of unknown origin, but it is said that Cheshire cheeses used to be marked with the face of a smiling cat.

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