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1. old maid
a fussy, timid, prudish person.
2. old maid
a simple card game, played with a deck having one card removed, in which players match pairs, the loser being the holder of the odd card, usu. a queen.
Etymology: (1520–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) spinster, old maid
an elderly unmarried woman
2. (noun) zinnia, old maid, old maid flower
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
3. (noun) periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
4. (noun) old maid
the loser in a game of old maid
5. (noun) old maid
a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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old maid
A lady of uncertain age and uneasy virtue.
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Sense: an unmarried woman who is past the usual age of marriage.
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 Afrikaans: oujongnooi |
 Arabic: عانِس، فاتَها وقت الزَّوا |
 Bulgarian: стара мома |
 Brazilian: solteirona |
 Czech: stará panna |
 German: alte Jungfer |
 Danish: pebermø |
 Greek: ανύπαντρη γυναίκα |
 Spanish: solterona |
 Estonian: vanatüdruk |
 Farsi: دختر ترشیده |
 Finnish: vanhapiika |
 French: vieille fille |
 Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה זְקֵנָה |
 Hindi: अविवाहित महिला, रूखा आदमी |
 Croatian: usidjelica |
 Hungarian: vénkisasszony |
 Indonesian: perawan tua |
 Icelandic: piparmey |
 Italian: zitella |
 Japanese: オールドミス |
 Korean: 노처녀 |
 Lithuanian: senmergė |
 Latvian: vecmeita |
 Malay: anak dara tua |
 Dutch: oude vrijster |
 Norwegian: peppermø, gammel jomfru |
 Polish: stara panna |
 Persian: دختركه پير شده و عروسى نه |
 Pashto: نه واده شوى زړه پيغله |
 Portuguese: solteirona |
 Romanian: fată bătrână |
 Russian: старая дева |
 Slovak: stará dievka |
 Slovenian: stara devica |
 Serbian: usedelica |
 Swedish: gammal ungmö |
 Thai: ผู้หญิงที่อยู่เป็นโสดไปจน |
 Turkish: evde kalmış kız |
 Taiwanese: 老處女 |
 Ukrainian: стара дівка, перестарок |
 Urdu: بڑي عمر کي غير شادي شدہ ع |
 Vietnamese: gái già |
 Chinese: 老处女 |
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