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Cinderfella

Cinderfella noun: a man or boy who shares qualities with the character Cinderella.

Noun

Cinderfella (plural Cinderfellas)

  1. (attributive, informal, sometimes) A man or boy who shares qualities with the character Cinderella.
    • Keaton's new wife takes him home to her father and brothers, who all mistreat him terribly. His would be the lot of an overworked "Cinderfella" had the father not found the misappropriated letter, opened it, read of an inheritance, and assumed his son-in-law to be the beneficiary.2007, Lisa Trahair, The Comedy of Philosophy: Sense and Nonsense in Early Cinematic Slapstick, State University of New York Press, Albany, →ISBN, page 59
    • All my life I was an underdog who was now finally living out my Cinderfella story.2011, Karsheem White-Holman, It Is What It Is: Daze in Da Life of Mr. Can't Get It Right, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 203

Forms of Cinderfella

pluralCinderfellas

Origin of Cinderfella

Blend of Cinder(ella) + fella.

Questions about Cinderfella

What does Cinderfella mean?
Cinderfella means a man or boy who shares qualities with the character Cinderella.
What part of speech is Cinderfella?
Cinderfella is a noun.
What is the plural of Cinderfella?
The plural of Cinderfella is Cinderfellas.

Words near Cinderfella in the dictionary

  1. Cinderella weed
  2. Cinderellaesque
  3. Cinderellan
  4. cinderellas
  5. Cinderellian
  6. Cinderfella
  7. Cinderfellas
  8. Cinderford
  9. Cinderhill
  10. cindering
  11. cinderless

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