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ugly sisters

ugly sisters is the plural of ugly sister.

Meaning of ugly sister

Noun

ugly sister (plural ugly sisters)

  1. Any one of the stepsisters of Cinderella in that story.
    • 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.1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82

Questions about ugly sisters

What is ugly sisters the plural of?
Ugly sisters is the plural of ugly sister.

Words near ugly sisters in the dictionary

  1. ugly man
  2. ugly men
  3. ugly milk-cap
  4. ugly milk-caps
  5. ugly sister
  6. ugly sisters
  7. ugly stick
  8. ugly sticks
  9. ugly up
  10. ugly-finder
  11. ugly-finders

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