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old-maidish

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old-maid⋅ish

  [ohld-mey-dish]
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–adjective
characteristic of or resembling an old maid.
Origin:
1750–60
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old maid  
n.  

  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

    1. A card game in which the player who holds a designated card at the end is the loser.

    2. The loser of this game.

  4. Chiefly Southern U.S. See zinnia.

old'-maid'ish (ōld'mā'dĭsh) adj.
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