单词 | maiden lady |
释义 | > as lemmasmaiden lady maiden lady n. = sense A. 4. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] maid1603 maiden lady1628 bachelora1637 feme sole1714 spinstress1716 maidena1802 spin1842 sworn virgin1910 1628 W. Lathum tr. Virgil Eclogues iv. 69 Astraea, the Mayden-Lady Iustice. 1700 J. Dryden Fables 537 (title) Monument of a fair maiden lady, who dy'd at Bath, and is there Interr'd. 1798 Monthly Mag. 6 75 [Died] At Windsor Castle, Mrs. Hannah Corbett, a maiden lady. 1835 Court Mag. 6 186/1 I..paid a visit to a maiden lady dwelling in the Orange Grove. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xciv. 493 The boarding-house..was kept by a bustling maiden lady, with shrewd eyes and voluble speech. 2005 K. C. Krahulik Provincetown iii. 89 While confirmed bachelors made Provincetown into an accepting place by appearing in public in particularly campy or flamboyant clothes, maiden ladies did the same by striking out on their own, donning equally festive attire. < as lemmas |
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