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Recent Examples of neatnikNewgarden is a neatnik, an organizer, someone who wonders aloud about his OCD tendencies.—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2018
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old maid
Noun
March 2026 Prose's debut novel is centered around Molly Gray, a 25-year-old maid at the Regency Grand Hotel, a five-star boutique hotel, who has an obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette.
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Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
These ajummas, these old maids, with their curly hair, were actually doing this!