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Cheshire
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Definition:a county in North West England [...]The county covers 905 square miles (2,344 km2) and has a population of around 1 million. It is mostly rural, with a number of small towns and villages supporting the agricultural and other industries which produce Cheshire cheese, salt, chemicals and silk.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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Then followed the history and rise of the ancient and respectable family, in the usual terms; how it had been first settled in Cheshire; how mentioned in Dugdale, serving the office of high sheriff, representing a borough in three successive parliaments, exertions of loyalty
Jane Austen. Persuasion (1818)
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“Well?” Randall turned to me, questioning.
“Er, Cheshire,” I guessed.
“Close. Lancashire.” He eyed me narrowly. Putting his hands together behind his back, he strolled over to the window and peered out.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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CHESHIRE CAT. He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of anyone who shews his teeth and gums in laughing.
Francis Grose. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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'I didn't know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn't know that cats could grin.'
'They all can,' said the Duchess; 'and most of 'em do.'
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And I tell you what, Sir, if I hadn’t more of these qualities that commonly endear man to man, than our articled clerk has, I’d steal a Cheshire cheese, tie it round my neck, and drown myself.
Charles Dickens. The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
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