"cover girl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cover girls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cover girl (plural cover girls)
  1. (informal) An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Fashion, Female people Synonyms: cover-girl Translations (female model on magazine cover): kansikuvatyttö (Finnish), covergirl [feminine] (French), ragazza-copertina [feminine] (Italian), omslagsflicka [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cover_girl-en-noun-75XcHqHR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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