tabbyhoodn.
The condition of being an old maid: see tabby n. 3.
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the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] > state of being
anility1623
beldamship1633
anileness1727
tabbyhood1797
old-wifery1827
old womanism1828
old-womanry1828
old-womanliness1877
old-ladyhood1888
old-womanishness1914
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly > condition of
old-maidenism1783
old-maidenship1784
tabbyhood1797
old-maidship1804
old-maidenhood1845
spinsterhood1863
old-maiddom1871
old-maidhood1871
1797 ‘English Lady’ Resid. in France I. 357 I venture to add a word in defence of Tabbyhood.
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 115 He..married a wife verging on her tabbyhood.
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