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单词 cheshire
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Cheshiren.1

/ˈtʃɛʃə/
Etymology: < the name of Cheshire, an English county.
to grin like a Cheshire cat [of undetermined origin] .
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1770–1819 J. Wolcot in Wks. (1812) 91 Lo! like a Cheshire cat our court will grin.
1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 49 Lavender was there..grinnin like a chessy cat.
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiv. 236 Mr. Newcome says..‘That woman grins like a Cheshire cat’.
1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland vi. 82 ‘Please, would you tell me,’ said Alice.. ‘why your cat grins like that?’ ‘It's a Cheshire cat,’ said the Duchess.

Compounds

Cheshire acre n. (see quots.).
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > an acre > specific
stang1326
acre by lug1602
lug-acre1635
Welsh acre1675
plantation acre1705
Cheshire acre1808
geld-acre1880
1808 H. Holland Gen. View Agric. Cheshire xvii. 342 Land was formerly very generally measured in this county by what is called the Cheshire acre, containing 10,240 square yards; and this measure still continues to be employed to a certain extent, particularly in the northern part of the county.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 98/1 There are also local acres in various parts of England, such as the Cheshire acre of 8 yards to the pole.
1928 Daily Express 31 July 3 How many square yards constitute a ‘Cheshire acre’?..10,240 square yards.
Cheshire Cheese n. (a well-known kind).
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > varieties of cheese
goat cheeseOE
green cheesec1390
rowen cheesea1425
bred-cheesec1440
hard cheesec1470
ruen cheese1510
parmesan1538
spermyse1542
angelot1573
cow-cheese1583
goat's cheese1588
Cheshire Cheese1597
eddish-cheese1615
nettle cheese1615
aftermath cheese1631
marsolini1636
Suffolk cheese1636
Cheddar cheesea1661
rowen1673
parmigianoa1684
raw-milk cheesea1687
fleet cheese1688
sage-cheese1714
Rhode Island cheese1733
Stilton cheese1736
Roquefort cheese1762
American cheese1763
fodder cheese1784
Old Peg1785
blue cheese1787
Dunlop cheese1793
Wiltshire1794
Gloucester1802
Gruyère1802
Neufchâtel1814
Limburger cheese1817
Dunlop1818
fog cheese1822
Swiss cheese1822
Suffolk thumpa1825
Stilton1826
skim dick1827
stracchino cheese1832
Blue Vinney1836
Edam1836
Schabzieger1837
sapsago1846
Munster1858
mysost1861
napkin cheese1865
provolone1865
Roquefort1867
Suffolk bang1867
Leicester1874
Brie1876
Camembert1878
Gorgonzola1878
Leicester cheese1880
Port Salut1881
Wensleydale1881
Gouda1885
primost1889
Cantal1890
Suisse1891
bondon1894
Petit Suisse1895
Gervais1896
Lancashire1896
Pont l'Évêque1896
reggiano1896
Romano1897
fontina1898
Caerphilly cheese1901
Derby cheese1902
Emmental1902
Liptauer1902
farmer cheese1904
robiola1907
gjetost1908
reblochon1908
scamorza1908
Cabrales1910
Jack1910
pimento cheese1910
mozzarella1911
pimiento cheese1911
Monterey cheese1912
processed cheese1918
Tillamook1918
tvorog1918
anari1919
process cheese1923
Bel Paese1926
pecorino1931
Oka1936
Parmigiano–Reggiano1936
vacherin1936
Monterey Jack1940
Red Leicester1940
demi-sel1946
tomme1946
Danish blue1948
Tilsit1950
St.-Maure1951
Samsoe1953
Havarti1954
paneer1954
taleggio1954
feta1956
St. Paulin1956
bleu cheese1957
Manchego1957
Ilchester1963
Dolcelatte1964
chèvre1965
Chaource1966
Windsor Red1969
halloumi1970
Montrachet1973
Chaumes1976
Lymeswold1981
cambozola1984
yarg1984
1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus Prol. 10 Hee never since durst name a peece of cheese, Thoughe Chessire seems to priviledge his name.
1638 T. Verney in V. Papers (1853) 197 Twenty holland cheeses, or good chessheir chees.
1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 82 A Cheshire Cheese..at 10d. p. lb.
Cheshire-round n. Obsolete ‘a rough dance’ (N.).
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun]
dance of Macabre?c1430
springc1450
lege de moya1529
bobc1550
lusty gallant1569
duret1613
fading1613
huckler1617
ground-measure1621
entry1631
slatter de pouchc1640
ballo1651
Irish trot1651
omnium gatheruma1652
clutterdepouch1652
upspring1654
passacaglia1659
shuffle1659
passacaille1667
flip-flap1676
chaconne1685
charmer1702
Cheshire-round1706
Louvre1729
stick dance1730
white joke1730
baby dance1744
Nancy Dawson1766
fricassee1775
bumpkin1785
Totentanz1789
Flora('s) dance1790
goombay1790
egg-dance1801
supper dance1820
Congo dance1823
slip-jig1829
bran-dance1833
roly-poly1833
Congo1835
mazy1841
furry1848
bull-dance1855
stampede1856
double-shuffling1859
frog dance1863
hokee-pokee1873
plait dance1876
slow dancing1884
snake dance1895
beast dance1900
soft-shoe1900
cakewalk1902
floral dance1911
snake dance1911
apache dance1912
grizzly bear1912
jazz dance1917
jazz dancing1917
jazz1919
wine-dance1920
camel-walk1921
furry dance1928
snake-dance1931
pas d'action1936
trance dancing1956
touch dance1965
hokey-cokey1966
moonwalk1969
moonwalking1983
Crip Walk1989
mapantsula1990
1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer v. v. 65 He shall Box, Wrestle, or dance the Cheshire-Round with any Man in the County.
1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. iv. 18 The Fidlers, with their Chaplets crown'd, Now gave the Mob a Cheshire-Round.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

Cheshiren.2

/ˈtʃɛʃə/
Etymology: < the name of Group Captain (Geoffrey) Leonard Cheshire (1917–92).
Cheshire home n. any of the Cheshire Foundation Homes for the disabled established by Leonard Cheshire in Britain and elsewhere.
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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > home for the disabled
Cheshire home1955
1955 Times 19 Feb. 4/7 Cheshire Homes.—Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, V.C., founder of the Cheshire Foundation Homes, has opened a new Cheshire home for tuberculosis sufferers.
1984 Times 26 May 3/3 A Victorian country mansion, which was used as the county police headquarters at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, for more than 20 years, is to become a Cheshire home for the disabled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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