Snow White

Snow White
a traditional children’s story. Snow White is a beautiful princess. Her stepmother (= the woman who married her father after her mother died) is jealous of her beauty and orders a man to kill her. He takes pity on her and leaves her alive in a forest, where she lives happily with seven dwarfs (= very small people). The stepmother discovers that Snow White is alive, and gives her an apple full of poison. Snow White falls asleep after eating it and does not wake up until a prince kisses her, and all ends happily. The story was made into a successful Walt Disney film in 1937, and is a popular subject for pantomimes in Britain. In the film the seven dwarfs are called Dopey, Doc, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, Grumpy and Happy.

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  • snow-white — snow white; snow white·ness; …   English syllables

  • snow-white — snow′ white′ adj. white as snow • Etymology: bef. 1000 …   From formal English to slang

  • snow-white — [snō′hwīt′, snō′wīt′] adj. white as snow …   English World dictionary

  • snow-white — adj pure white …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • Snow White — This article is about the traditional fairy tale. For the Disney character, see Snow White (Disney). For other uses, see Snow White (disambiguation). Snow White Snow White in her coffin, Theodor Hosemann, 1852 Folk tale …   Wikipedia

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