Definition of Cheshires

1. cheshire [n] - See also: cheshire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheshires

cherublike
cherubs
cherup
cheruped
cheruping
cherupped
cherupping
cherups
chervetite
chervil
chervils
chervonets
chervontsy
chesed
cheshire
cheshires (current term)
cheshirization
chesible
chesibles
chesil
chesils
cheslip
cheslips
chesnut
chesnuts
chesounable
chess
chess-apple
chess-clock
chess boxing

Literary usage of Cheshires

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retreat from Mons by George Stuart Gordon (1917)
"They made a splendid stand, and six hundred of the cheshires never got away. Our cavalry, fortunately, were able to help also, and at once; for by an act of ..."

2. Court and Private Life in the Time of Queen Charlotte: Being the Journals of (1887)
"... the day—The Misses Stowe—The cheshires—Terrible poisoning catastrophe—Lady Fauconberg—The last of the Cheshire family—Mrs. Jervois—The Misses Stowe play ..."

3. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1906)
"Cross-bred or grade cheshires are not common, but are looked upon with ... Only experiment stations in the eastern states have fed cheshires experimentally. ..."

4. Trooper 8008 I Y. by Sidney Cornwallis Peel (1901)
"It was garrisoned by the cheshires and the East Lanca- shires, in whose company ... I told that story," said one of the cheshires with a twinkle in his eye, ..."

5. The Bairnsfather Case as Tried Before Mr. Justice Busby: Defence by Bruce by Bruce Bairnsfather, William A. Mutch (1920)
"This completed, he transferred to the First cheshires, his father's old ... With the cheshires he was stationed first at Lichfield and then at Aldershot. ..."

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