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Cinderella

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Cin·der·el·la  (snd-rl)
n.
One that unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect.
[After Cinderella, the fairy-tale character who escapes from a life of drudgery and marries a prince, translation of French Cendrillon.]
Cinderella
Noun
a poor, neglected, or unsuccessful person or thing [after Cinderella, the heroine of a fairy tale]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.CinderellaCinderella - a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
2.Cinderella - a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince
Translations
Cinderella [sɪndəˈrɛlə] n → Cenicienta
Cinderella [sɪndəˈrɛlə] n → Cendrillon
Cinderella [sɪndəˈrɛlə] n → Aschenputtel nt, Aschenbrödel nt
Cinderella [sɪndəˈrɛlə] n → Cenerentola


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The mother, however, loved the ugly and lazy one best, because she was her own daughter, and so the other, who was only her stepdaughter, was made to do all the work of the house, and was quite the Cinderella of the family.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
"She sits down like," said Irene, trembling in second-sight, "and she tries on the glass slipper, and it fits her to a T, and then the prince, he cries in a ringing voice, 'This here is my true love, Cinderella, what now I makes my lawful wedded wife.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
said Polly to herself as she rolled away, feeling as Cinderella probably did when the pumpkin-coach bore her to the first ball, only Polly had two princes to think about, and poor Cinderella, on that occasion, had not even one.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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