cinderellian

Example Sentences

• "He had heard for some time the sound of packing and preparing a carriage, but the worst did not strike his mind, for throwing open the window in blind haste, he beheld, O Heavens! the lovely Hebe, just in the trying moment when she was placing her cinderellian foot on the steps of the carriage, the corpulent landlord with his white woollen cap under his arm, assisting her with his profane hands."
• "The skirts of gowns are made decidedly short in front with a short train behind; this is by no means an admirable style, but will be in high favor with those whose “golden lillies” are of Cinderellian proportions, and whose shoemaker is beloved of St. Crispin."
• "Regarding one of the Cinderellian slippers worn by Miss Von Hillern, who commences her second walk at Greenwood Hall, to-morrow evening, the Lowell Times says: “On the 5th, one of Miss Bertha Von Hillern’s walking shoes was lost from a bundle, while en route from Massachusetts to this city.[…]”"
• "Have a care, Mr. Kead, or your carcass may be food for the little birds, and we could ill afford to lose your dulcet tones or the patter of your Cinderellian feet."
• "Their figures are universally models for brunette Venuses, and their feet arch like rainbows, and are Cinderellian in size."
• "What if the fertilizer is sometimes on the sidewalk, gravel walk, or front porch, and the first dark night finds it distributed by the Cinderellian slipper or patent leathers of some party bound pedestrian?"