Cinderella

Definition

A mistreated and impoverished girl.

Etymology

From cinder + Italian -ella, as in little cinder girl. Compare French Cendrillon.

Example Sentences

• "Cinderella State"
• "The Cinderella of the present trio is the Freshwater, which is laid up in the winter months, when one or other of her ugly sisters is sufficient to cope with the service."
• "A very early example of this can be seen in the case of the Midland Main Line (MML). At the start of 1982, this was the Cinderella of the InterCity portfolio but building more High Speed Trains (HSTs) to replace 90mph trainsets was out of the question. During 1982-83, Bleasdale shuffled his HST pack by taking sets from the Eastern and Western Regions and allocated these to the MML."