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fairy-tale ending

fairy-tale ending noun: the ending of a fairy tale.

Noun

fairy-tale ending (countable and uncountable, plural fairy-tale endings)

  1. (literal) The ending of a fairy tale.
  2. An ideal and easy life free of hardship or struggle, similar to the lives characters live in the ending of a fairy-tale.
    • Many women have ideas about what we deserve—I mean, after all, we were promised our very own version of a handsome prince and a fairy-tale ending, or at least that's how it felt when we were little. We saw Snow White and the Seven[…]2016 January 12, Wendy Newman, 121 First Dates: How to Succeed at Online Dating, Fall in Love, and Live Happily Ever After (Really!), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 283

Forms of fairy-tale ending

pluralfairy-tale endings
alternative formfairytale ending

Questions about fairy-tale ending

What does fairy-tale ending mean?
Fairy-tale ending means the ending of a fairy tale.
What part of speech is fairy-tale ending?
Fairy-tale ending is a noun.
What is the plural of fairy-tale ending?
The plural of fairy-tale ending is fairy-tale endings.

Words near fairy-tale ending in the dictionary

  1. fairy-lit
  2. fairy-ring champignon
  3. fairy-ring champignons
  4. fairy-struck
  5. fairy-tale
  6. fairy-tale ending
  7. fairy-tale endings
  8. fairy-tale-like
  9. fairy-talelike
  10. fairy-tales
  11. fairy-wren

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