Name of the heroine of a well-known fairy-tale. Thence applied allusively to a cinder-woman, scullery-maid, etc. Also, (= Cinderella dance) an early dancing party where the guests are invited until twelve o’clock only. Cinderellaship. nonce-wd.
1882. Society, 14 Oct., 4/2. An excellent scheme of subscription ‘Cinderellas.’
1883. Standard, 8 Jan., 5/2. The ‘Cinderella dance’ is much affected.
1876. Miss Braddon, Dead Men’s Shoes, I. i. 9. Her Cinderella-ship never brought her so low as this.
