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fairy-tale endings

fairy-tale endings is the plural of fairy-tale ending.

Meaning of fairy-tale ending

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

Questions about fairy-tale endings

What is fairy-tale endings the plural of?
Fairy-tale endings is the plural of fairy-tale ending.

Words near fairy-tale endings in the dictionary

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

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