- Cheesy grin
- fake grin (from the request by a photographer to say "cheese", to produce an apparent smile in the subject)
Dictionary of Australian slang . 2013.
Cheesy grin
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cheesy grin — Australian Slang fake grin (from the request by a photographer to say cheese , to produce an apparent smile in the subject) … English dialects glossary
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cheesy — chees|y [ tʃizi ] adjective 1. ) INFORMAL lacking style or good quality and slightly silly: CRUMMY: cheesy shoes 2. ) tasting like cheese or tasting of cheese: cheesy biscuits 3. ) a cheesy smile is wide and looks false: his cheesy grin … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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