Definition 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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The first known use of old maid was circa 1530
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