Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect.
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- proper noun A popular
fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjustoppression and triumphantreward , of which there were hundreds of versions before modern times. - proper noun The main
character in this story, amistreated andimpoverished girl. At aroyal ball she meets a handsomeprince who later identifies her with a dropped article, most commonly aslipper , and removes her from her poverty. - proper noun rare A female
given name - noun by analogy A mistreated and impoverished girl.
- noun attributive Rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team.
- noun attributive
Neglected and deniedresources , as a Cinderella service. - noun philately A
stamp or stamp-likelabel issued for purposes other thanpostal administration, not issued by a central government, or not listed in most general catalogues. - noun rare, disparaging A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
- noun a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince
Etymologies
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Examples
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_Catskin_, which Mr. Burchell told to the children of the Vicar of Wakefield, is considered by Newell as the oldest of the Cinderella types, appearing in Straparola in 1550, while _Cinderella_ appeared first in Basile in
A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready
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Let us take, for instance, the Story of Cinderella: The coach and pumpkins to which I have alluded and all the magic part of the story, are false to actual facts as we meet them in our every life; but is it not a higher truth that _Cinderella_ could escape from her chimney corner by thinking of the brightness outside?
The Art of the Story-Teller Marie L. Shedlock 1894
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CINDERELLA stars audience favorite Dara Cameron as Cinderella (Wizard of Oz, Little Women), and
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CINDERELLA EATS RICE AND BEANS is a contemporary, Latin-American Cinderella musical that delightfully turns the classic fairy tale on its head, telling the story from both Cinderella and her stepsisters 'perspectives.
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CINDERELLA EATS RICE AND BEANS is a contemporary, Latin-American Cinderella musical that delightfully turns the classic fairy tale on its head, telling the story from both Cinderella and her stepsisters 'perspectives.
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CINDERELLA EATS RICE AND BEANS is a contemporary, Latin-American Cinderella musical that delightfully turns the classic fairy tale on its head, telling the story from both Cinderella and her stepsisters 'perspectives.
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After finishing university and marrying, she says that what she calls the "Cinderella path" of monogamy did not feel right to her.
BBC News - Home 2012
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Scholars have attacked it for promoting female passivity, for giving stepmothers a bad name, and for equating beauty with virtue: The pretty Cinderella is good and her ugly stepsisters are bad.
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Scholars have attacked it for promoting female passivity, for giving stepmothers a bad name, and for equating beauty with virtue: The pretty Cinderella is good and her ugly stepsisters are bad.
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In which I am interviewed at Cabinet des Fees regarding poetry, mythpunk, and knitting, and also a poem of mine regarding Cinderella is reprinted (possibly for the first time online.)
Birthday Links yuki_onna 2010
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