ugly sister

English

Noun

ugly sister (plural ugly sisters)

  1. Any one of the stepsisters of Cinderella in that story.
    • 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
      The Cinderella of the present trio is the Freshwater, which is laid up in the winter months, when one or other of her ugly sisters is sufficient to cope with the service.
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