fairy godmother

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one that helps another with gifts or money when it came time for the girl to go to college, Aunt Edna once again proved to be a reliable fairy godmother

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Recent Examples of fairy godmother Her inability to fit in, in addition to meeting her fairy godmother, leads her to Harlem. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2024 Clarke’s attached to play the titular character in Ebony McQueen, a sort of blues voodoo queen fantasy figure who, like a fairy godmother from Memphis, tells the young Dave Stewart character to follow his musical dreams. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024 As the contest, very literally, heats up, Cindy must find a way to be her own fairy godmother. Heather Walter, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024 Related Articles The report’s authors categorized the survey into five major classifications that define the cohort: radical traditionalists; going for broke; brands beware; fund it, don’t fake it, and finding fairy godmother figures. Kanika Talwar, WWD, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for fairy godmother 

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