Meaning of poster child | Babel Free

Definitions

One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.

Canada, US, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“He's a poster child for militant vegetarianism.”

“I think he smile could have opened the door by itself. It seemed to have a life of it’s^([sic]) own with snow-white teeth below sparkling blue eyes. Its owner could be the poster child for the expression “grinning from ear to ear.””

““He’s not exactly a poster child for the average well-adjusted American kid. He’s only been in-country for a few days.””

“A visit to Adventure Island–an after-school program developed by Robert Slavin and Nancy Madden, professors at Johns Hospkins University and creators of Success for All, a comprehensive school reform program practiced in hundreds of schools across the country–could be the poster child for what some might call the academic approach.”

“But it isn’t difficult to see why Lawrence, who has since become the poster child for healthy body image, elicits such strong reactions — particularly in GIF form, where differences between the original and Photoshopped images are clear.”

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