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Cinderella

cinderella
(Cinderellas) If you describe a person or organization as a Cinderella, you mean that they receive very little attention and that they deserve to receive more. It is a Cinderella of charities, and needs more help. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n
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   noun  Etymology: after ~, fairy-tale heroine who is used as a drudge by her stepmother but ends up married to a prince  Date: 1840 one resembling the fairy-tale ~: as  a. one suffering undeserved neglect  b. one suddenly lifted from obscurity to honor or significance  • ~ adjective ...
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  n. 1 a person or thing of unrecognized or disregarded merit or beauty. 2 a neglected or despised member of a group. Etymology: the name of a girl in a fairy-tale ...
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  1. Золушка ...
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  - partial translation of Ger. Aschenbrцdel, lit. "scullion," from asche "ash" + brodeln "bubble up, to brew." A widespread Eurasian folk tale, the oldest version is Chinese (c.850 C.E.); the Eng. version is based on Perrault's Cendrillon (1697), translated from Fr. by Robert Sambler (1729), but there were probably native versions (cf. Scottish "Rashin Coatie"). ...
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