SINCE 1828
old maid
nounDefinition of old maid
1
: spinster sense 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
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Other Words from old maid
old-maidish
\ ˈōl(d)-ˈmā-dish 
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adjective
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adjective
old-maidishness
\ ˈōl(d)-ˈmā-dish-nəs
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noun
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noun
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