The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll's depiction of it in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Cat
A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue by Francis Grose contains the following entry:
"CHESHIRE CAT. He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of any one who shows his teeth and gums in laughing.".
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