old maid

  1. a woman, esp. an older woman, who has never married; spinster: a mild term of contempt
  2. a prim, prudish, fussy person
  3. 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

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See old maid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Offensive A woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying.
  2. Informal A person regarded as being primly fastidious.
  3. 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.
  4. Chiefly Southern U.S. See zinnia.

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  • oldˈ-maidˈish (ōldˈmāˈdĭsh) adjective

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