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spinster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | old maid |
| Type of | unmarried woman |
| Derivation | spinsterhood |
spinster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spinner, thread maker |
| Type of | maker, shaper |
Examples of spinster
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Now, I'm not currently, nor have I ever been, a retired spinster English teacher.
From the kansas.com
Frances de la Tour is formidable as a spinster trapped in a patriarchal microcosm.
From the metro.co.uk
Unlike his female counterpart, the spinster, a bachelor may have had children.
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The tale of Susan Boyle will not be complete until the shy spinster blossoms.
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Cincinnati isn't the stodgy old spinster of a city I remember from my youth.
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I like to think I'm a dozen cats away from being the sad, old spinster lady.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Set in the mountains of Galway, the play's plot centres on lonely spinster, Maureen.
From the guardian.co.uk
Gertrude Jekyll was a fellow spinster who began designing gardens in 1880.
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Kruse had never married, and his spinster sister Ann had died years before.
From the time.com
- An elderly unmarried woman
- Spinner: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
- A spinster is a legal term for an unmarried woman, aged 38 or over, commonly heard in the banns of marriage of the Church of England when the prospective bride is formally described as a "spinster of this parish".
- A woman who has never been married, especially one past the normal marrying age according to social traditions; One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spin master; Someone whose ...
- (spinsters) unmarried women, usually with the connotation that they are old and too unattractive/uninteresting to any man. ...
- A gangster who rides on spinners, rims that rotate continuously, even if the actual wheel is not turning
- A woman whose occupation is to Spin, to participate in the whirling movement of creation; one who has chosen her Self, who defines her Self by choice neither in relation to children nor to men; one who is Self-identified; a whirling dervish, Spiraling in New Time/Space.
- The annual yearbook, preserves the memories and events of Hollins students. Hollins also has its own closed-circuit television station, HUTV.
- An unmarried woman or girl of marriageable age. Derives from the original meaning of a woman who span wool at home for a living, thereby living independently of a man.
