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Beauty and the Beast
The hero and heroine of Madame Villeneuve's fairy tale. Beauty
saved the life of her father by consenting to live with the Beast; and
the Beast, being disenchanted by Beauty's love, became a handsome
prince, and married her. (Contes Marines, 1740.)
A handsome woman with an uncouth or uncomely male companion.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Beauty and the Beast from Infoplease:
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