a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince
A stamp like label that is not a postage stamp Cinderella's include seals and bogus issues, as well as revenue stamps, local post issues and other similar items
a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition
[little cinder girl] Heroine of a fairy tale She is the drudge of the house, dirty with housework, while her elder sisters go to fine balls At length a fairy enables her to go to the prince's ball; the prince falls in love with her, and she is discovered by means of a glass slipper which she drops, and which will fit no foot but her own The glass slipper is a mistranslation of pantoufle en vair (a fur slipper), not en verre (R C Perrault: Contes de Fées )
a woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition