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old-maidish Definition


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old maid
noun
    1. derog, colloq
      A woman who is not married and is thought of as being unlikely ever to marry; a spinster.
    2. derog, colloq
      A woman or man who is prim and fussy.
    3a. A simple card game in which players pass and match up pairs of cards;
    3b. The player left with the unpaired card at the end of the game.
Derivative: old-maidish
adj
    Derivative: old-maidishly
    adverb


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