Definitions
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- proper noun A
fairy tale , the best-known version of Schneewittchen collected by the brothers Grimm, in which a beautiful young girl is poisoned by a jealous queen and tended by dwarfs. - proper noun The main
character in that story. - proper noun A
fictional character in thefairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the brothers Grimm.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Known by the State Department code name Snow White, guarded day and night in the hospital by members of the U.S. Secret Service and agents of the FBI, May-ling was also tended to daily by a hairdresser and a beautician.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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Fantasy, on the other hand—and let's call her Snow White, since that's a nice, familiar, fantasy name—wondered why Rose had to be so nasty all the time, and why her sisters couldn't see the virtue of sugar and spice and sleeping for a hundred years beneath the fairy hills.
seanan_mcguire: The Three Sisters: Fantasy, Horror, and Marchen. seanan_mcguire 2009
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Even says Moscow Control was known as Snow White, and of course Penguin love that.
Gridlock Elton, Ben 1991
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The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.
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The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.
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The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.
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The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.
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The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.
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The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.
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The tiles are sold under the brand name Snow White and are described as bright white in colour with a quartz-like appearance.
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