Cheshire Cat Definition

noun
A proverbial grinning cat from Cheshire, England, esp. one described in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A fictional grinning cat, made popular by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Wiktionary

Origin of Cheshire Cat

  • The term is attested since at least the 1790s.

    From Wiktionary

Cheshire Cat Sentence Examples

  • Jackson stood with his glasses and a Cheshire cat grin.

  • You remark on just how much torque they've got, and you break into a grin that would make a Cheshire cat look sullen.

  • That daintiness doesn't apply to the Cheshire cat it's inspired by, though.

  • The Cheshire cat makes another appearance on this functional organizer bag.

  • She forces Alice to play croquet with her, and the Cheshire Cat appears, plays a practical joke on the Queen, and manages to frame Alice for it.

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to Cheshire cat using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

CCHCHE

Words Ending With

TATCAT

Unscrambles

Cheshire cat

Words Starting With C and Ending With T

Starts With C & Ends With TStarts With CH & Ends With TStarts With C & Ends With AT

Word Length

12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With C12 Letter Words Ending With T