Rags
Work
Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
Both words in one sentence
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Ironically, despite her Trope Codifier status above, Cinderella herself would fall more precisely under "Goose Girl Style." As Jane Yolen has pointed out, Cinderella was already nobility and/or an heiress, just made to wear rags and work a menial job by her Wicked Stepmother.
Source: Rags to Royalty - Rags to Royalty: Cimorene deliberately invokes this when she decides to go work for a dragon.
- Rags to Riches: The main characters, but not through hard work, and also the backstory of Wayne's boss, Hugh.
Source: Series / The Riches
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