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cover girl

–noun
an attractive young woman whose picture is featured on a magazine cover.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism
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cover girl  
n.  An attractive young woman whose picture is featured on a magazine cover.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

cover girl

An attractive woman whose photograph is featured on a magazine cover; also, a woman attractive enough to be so featured. For example, All models hope to be cover girls some day, or She's gorgeousa real cover girl. [c. 1910]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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