Cinderella dance

noun

British

: a dancing party that is to end at midnight

Word History

Etymology

so called from the episode in the Cinderella fairy tale in which Cinderella's fine raiment and equipage, metamorphosed by her fairy godmother from baser materials to enable her to attend a royal ball, are converted to their original state at the stroke of midnight

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“Cinderella dance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cinderella%20dance. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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