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Cheshire cat

/ˌtʃɛʃə ˈkat/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
Gato Risón • Gato de Cheshire
A fictional cat with a broad fixed grin, made popular by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
CHESHIRE CAT. He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of any one who shows his teeth and gums in laughing.
“Please would you tell me,” said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, “why your cat grins like that?” “It’s a Che…
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