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CHESHIRE CAT

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Overview

CHESHIRE CAT (noun)
  The noun CHESHIRE CAT has 1 sense:

1. a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carrollplay

  Familiarity information: CHESHIRE CAT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CHESHIRE CAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))


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