cover\ girl

cover\ girl
noun
A pretty girl or woman whose picture is put on the cover of a magazine.

Ann is not a cover girl, but she is pretty enough to be.


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  • cover-girl — s. f. Jovem que posa para fotografias de ilustrações, em especial para a página da capa.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa; de cover, cobertura + girl, rapariga …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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  • cover girl — cover ,girl noun count an attractive young woman whose photograph is on the front of a magazine …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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