Cheshire cats

A form of Cheshire cat — A fictional cat with a broad fixed grin, made popular by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Cheshire cat
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Cheshire cats. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheshire%20cats

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“Cheshire cats.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheshire%20cats. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cheshire cats,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheshire%20cats.

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