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Cheshire cat, the
     
Cheshire cat, the
a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, which disappears very slowly until only its big smile is left. People sometimes say someone is "grinning like a Cheshire cat" to mean that they have a big and rather silly smile on their face.
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