cover girl


noun

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

Origin of cover girl

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Example sentences from the Web for cover girl

  • The difference with Fey, however, is that her cover-girl looks were revealed only after she debuted her show.

    How Stand-Up Got Sexy |Yael Kohen |September 24, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for cover girl

cover girl

noun

a girl, esp a glamorous one, whose picture appears on the cover of a newspaper or magazine

Idioms and Phrases with cover girl

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 gorgeous—a real cover girl. [c. 1910]