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Cinderella sale

Cinderella sale noun: an occasional sale of miscellaneous or damaged items.

Noun

Cinderella sale (plural Cinderella sales)

  1. An occasional sale of miscellaneous or damaged items.
    • Instead of advertising small widths and sizes in women's shoes, the event was called the Cinderella sale.1915, Chilton Company (publisher), Boot and Shoe Recorder, Volume 67, page 47
    • Why not try a Cinderella Sale? Offer a table of odds and ends, broken sizes, leftovers, etc. Make prices ridiculous.1975, Farm Supplier, volume 49, page 399

Forms of Cinderella sale

pluralCinderella sales

Origin of Cinderella sale

First use appears c. 1909 in the publication Shoe Retailer and Boots and Shoes Weekly.

Questions about Cinderella sale

What does Cinderella sale mean?
Cinderella sale means an occasional sale of miscellaneous or damaged items.
What part of speech is Cinderella sale?
Cinderella sale is a noun.
What is the plural of Cinderella sale?
The plural of Cinderella sale is Cinderella sales.

Words near Cinderella sale in the dictionary

  1. Cinderella dance
  2. Cinderella dances
  3. Cinderella effect
  4. Cinderella liberties
  5. Cinderella liberty
  6. Cinderella sale
  7. Cinderella sales
  8. Cinderella service
  9. Cinderella services
  10. cinderella stamp
  11. cinderella stamps

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