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Old-maidish
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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World English Dictionary
| old maid | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a woman regarded as unlikely ever to marry; spinster |
| 2. | informal a prim, fastidious, or excessively cautious person |
| 3. | a card game using a pack from which one card has been removed, in which players try to avoid holding the unpaired card at the end of the game |
| old-'maidish | |
| —adj | |
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