an old maid
21old maid — an unmarried woman who is unlikely to marry A maid was an unmarried girl and, after the 17th century, in the normal linguistic progression, an unmarried female of any age: There will the devil meet me, like an old cuckold, with horns on …
22old maid — noun Date: circa 1530 1. spinster 3 2. a prim fussy person < he was a real old maid about burning rubbish R. C. Ruark > 3. a simple card game in which cards are matched in pairs and the player holding the unmatched card at the end loses • old… …
23old maid — {n. phr.} A spinster; a woman who has never married. * /Because my old maid aunt is a terrific cook as well as a good looking woman, nobody understands why she never married./ …
24old maid — {n. phr.} A spinster; a woman who has never married. * /Because my old maid aunt is a terrific cook as well as a good looking woman, nobody understands why she never married./ …
25old\ maid — n. phr. A spinster; a woman who has never married. Because my old maid aunt is a terrific cook as well as a good looking woman, nobody understands why she never married …
26old maid — /oʊld ˈmeɪd/ (say ohld mayd) noun 1. an elderly or confirmed spinster. 2. Colloquial a person with the alleged characteristics of an old maid, such as primness, prudery, fastidiousness, etc. 3. a game of cards in which the players draw from one… …
27old-maid — rausvasis katarantas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Stepukinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Catharanthus roseus), paplitęs Madagaskare. atitikmenys: lot. Catharanthus roseus angl. Cape periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle; old… …
28old maid flower — noun any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads • Syn: ↑zinnia, ↑old maid • Hypernyms: ↑flower • Hyponyms: ↑white zinnia, ↑Zinnia acerosa, ↑ …
29The Old Maid — Old Maid is a diminutive term for a spinster. It may also my refer to: Old Maid Boogie, a 1947 R B song by Eddie Vinson Old Maid, a card game Old maid s bonnets, a flowering plant of the Fabaceae family Old maid s insanity, an archaic term for… …
30an old maid — old fashioned an impolite way of referring to a woman who has never married. Terrified of becoming an old maid, she married the first man who made her an offer …
