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chessy cat

chessy cat noun: a Cheshire cat.

Noun

chessy cat (plural chessy cats)

  1. (US, slang) A Cheshire cat.
    • She felt like slapping some of them for sitting around grinning at her like a pack of chessy cats, trying to make out they looked like love.1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 90
    • I looked fearfully over my shoulder and there was TwoBit, grinning like a Chessy cat.1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Forms of chessy cat

pluralchessy cats

Questions about chessy cat

What does chessy cat mean?
Chessy cat means a Cheshire cat.
What part of speech is chessy cat?
Chessy cat is a noun.
What is the plural of chessy cat?
The plural of chessy cat is chessy cats.

Words near chessy cat in the dictionary

  1. chessplayers
  2. chesstree
  3. chesstrees
  4. Chessun
  5. Chessy
  6. chessy cat
  7. chessy cats
  8. Chessy copper
  9. chessylite
  10. chessylites
  11. chest

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