chessy cat en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US, slang) A Cheshire cat.
I looked fearfully over my shoulder and there was TwoBit, grinning like a Chessy cat.
1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chessy cats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |