Complete Definition of "Cheshire Cat"

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Proper noun
the Cheshire Cat
Image:Cheshire Cat Tenniel.jpg|framed|250px|right|The Cheshire cat in the 1866 publication

  1. A fictional cat in w:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll's w:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

#:"All right," said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone. — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Translations
trans-top|fictional character
Finnish: irvikissa
German: die Cheshire-Katze f
Italian: lo Stregatto m
Polish: kot z Cheshire m
Russian: Че�и��кий �о� (�ešírskij kot) m
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Derived terms
grin like a Cheshire cat

Category:Cats
Category:Fictional characters

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