cinderella

IPA: sɪndɝˈɛɫʌ

Root Word: Cinderella

A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.
The main character in this story, a mistreated and impoverished girl. At a royal ball she meets a handsome prince who later identifies her by means of a dropped article, most commonly a slipper, and removes her from her poverty.
(rare) A female given name originating as a coinage.
(by analogy) A mistreated and impoverished girl.
(attributive) Something rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team.
(attributive) Something neglected and denied resources, as a Cinderella service.
(philately) A stamp or stamp-like label issued for purposes other than postal administration, not issued by a central government, or not listed in most general catalogues.
(rare, derogatory) A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces.
Alternative form of Cinderella [A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward.]

Examples of "cinderella" in Sentences

Further icons such as cinderella, Donald, Sleep Beauty ...
An area where police are on display the most has been treated as a "cinderella" subject.
I have always been a fan of the bachelor as I feel the show has an element of 'cinderella' fairy tale!
I love the whole susan boyle story. people are drawn in because of the whole "cinderella" aspect of it.
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O'Connor said the lack of national standards meant that a high-profile area of policing had been treated as a "cinderella" subject with inconsistencies from force to force.
He said: "I became frustrated with the way that syringes and other needle based drug delivery devices were seen as 'cinderella' technologies - nobody liked syringes because of the pain and fear associated with injections, and the training needed to inject - and there was none of the imagination that had been applied to inhalation, patch, needle-free or other drug delivery technologies.