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spinsterhood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | marital status |
| Derivation | spinster |
Examples of spinsterhood
spinsterhood
The three bridesmaids are 0-for-159 in majors and spiraling toward spinsterhood.
From the washingtontimes.com
So Mattie now relates the tale from the decades-later vantage of spinsterhood.
From the time.com
The prospect of spinsterhood is not appealing-but nor are the divorce courts.
From the economist.com
With 20 women pursuing 19 men, one woman faces the prospect of spinsterhood.
From the economist.com
I'll stipulate that in Austen's time spinsterhood was a fate to be strenuously avoided.
From the time.com
My mother married at 28, and in the 1970s that meant she had brushed up against spinsterhood.
From the time.com
The main character is Eleanor Vance, a 32-year-old woman who may be on the verge of spinsterhood.
From the online.wsj.com
The story covers girlhood, marriage, childbirth, spinsterhood, twisters, fire, illness and death.
From the denverpost.com
They probably thought I was doomed for spinsterhood after leaving my longest relationship at age 27.
From the cnn.com
- The state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)
- The Spinsterhood is a fictional order of extraterrestrial female warriors appearing in comic books published by American publisher, Marvel Comics. The group was first introduced in Silver Surfer Vol. 3, #80 (May 1993).
- (spinsters) unmarried women, usually with the connotation that they are old and too unattractive/uninteresting to any man. ...
