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poster child
noun
- a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- a person or thing that exemplifies or represents:
She could be a poster child for good sportsmanship.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poster child1
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Example Sentences
“EOTS is a poster child for one of the ills of the acquisition process,” the official said.
They have made Keystone XL the poster child of their climate-change efforts.
Her giggles, her beautiful beaming face – Anne Marie would be my Ebola poster child.
In the process, 25-year-old Hayward has become a transgender poster child, at least to Mormons.
Use him as the poster child for a nasty, devilish lobbying group being the de facto fourth branch of government.
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