Cinderella
/ˌsɪn·dəˈrel·ə/ n [C]Definition
› someone or something suddenly successful but previously unknown or given little attention, from a traditional story: All four Cinderella teams lost in the semifinals, leaving no true underdogs.
(Definition of Cinderella n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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