posterchild

posterchild
poster child n.
1. A child who appears on a poster as a member of a group benefitted by a charitable organization:

a poster child for muscular distrophy.

2. A person who is a prominent example or type of something: “He was a living poster child for the evil potential of inherited wealth” (Jim Harrison).

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