Cheshire cat
noun
Chesh·ire cat
ˈche-shər- 
: a broadly grinning cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Across 7 installations, 38 topiary and planted sculptures depict Alice spinning amid the teacups, the Cheshire cat, the queen's chess set, and the white rabbit.
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Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2025
Photograph by Lenne Chai Photograph by Lenne Chai Cat Bite Club
As the sun goes down on Chinatown, Monument Lifestyle café turns off its espresso machine and a scarlet Cheshire cat sign flickers awake.
—Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2025
At times, the first lady, Melania Trump, resembled a Cheshire cat, nothing of her face but the occasional grin visible beneath her wide-brimmed hat.
—Shawn McCreesh, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
But even through all those extravagant choices, Carrey’s teeth stick to your brain like the Cheshire cat’s smile.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
In the quantum Cheshire cat experiments, a weak measurement is made along a path in the interferometer, the paths then merge, and the emerging particles are measured with an ordinary detector.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2024
Might Trump prove to be a flash in the pan who disappears like the Cheshire cat without even a smile in Alice in Wonderland?
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
Another great option is going as a Mad Hatter and the Cheshire cat who just jumped our of the Wonderland for Halloween.
—Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
The purple and pink Cheshire cat smiles from above, while the little caterpillar smokes on a mushroom across the way.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2022
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Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2025
Photograph by Lenne Chai Photograph by Lenne Chai Cat Bite Club
As the sun goes down on Chinatown, Monument Lifestyle café turns off its espresso machine and a scarlet Cheshire cat sign flickers awake.
—Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2025
At times, the first lady, Melania Trump, resembled a Cheshire cat, nothing of her face but the occasional grin visible beneath her wide-brimmed hat.
—Shawn McCreesh, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
But even through all those extravagant choices, Carrey’s teeth stick to your brain like the Cheshire cat’s smile.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
In the quantum Cheshire cat experiments, a weak measurement is made along a path in the interferometer, the paths then merge, and the emerging particles are measured with an ordinary detector.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2024
Might Trump prove to be a flash in the pan who disappears like the Cheshire cat without even a smile in Alice in Wonderland?
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
Another great option is going as a Mad Hatter and the Cheshire cat who just jumped our of the Wonderland for Halloween.
—Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
The purple and pink Cheshire cat smiles from above, while the little caterpillar smokes on a mushroom across the way.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2022
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