old maid
- a woman, esp. an older woman, who has never married; spinster: a mild term of contempt
- a prim, prudish, fussy person
- a simple card game played with a deck containing one card with no match, the loser being the player left with that card after all the others have been paired
See old maid in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- Offensive A woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying.
- Informal A person regarded as being primly fastidious.
- Games
a. A card game in which the player who holds a designated card at the end is the loser.
b. The loser of this game.
- Chiefly Southern U.S. See zinnia.
Related Forms:
- oldˈ-maidˈish (ōldˈmāˈdĭsh) adjective
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