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spinsterhood
spin·ster S0644300 (spĭn′stər)n.1. Often Offensive A woman, especially an older one, who has not married.2. Archaic A person, especially a woman, whose occupation is spinning thread.
[Middle English spinnestere, female spinner of thread : spinnen, to spin; see spin + -estere, -ster, -ster.]
spin′ster·hood′ n.spin′ster·ish, spin′ster·ly adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | spinsterhood - the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)marital status - the condition of being married or unmarried |
TranslationsSpinsterhood
SpinsterhoodForsyte, Junejilted by her fiance, becomes an old maid. [Br. Lit.: The Forsyte Saga]Grundy, Missprim and proper schoolteacher, continually vexed by her students’ antics. [Comics: “Archie” in Horn, 87]Havisham, Missold spinster; always wore her bridal dress though jilted on wedding day. [Br. Lit.: Great Expectations]Lovell, Charlotterather than reveal that an orphan girl is her own child, she spends her life as an old maid. [Am. Lit.: Edith Wharton The Old Maid in Magill I, 679]Sloper, Catherinebecomes an old maid rather than marry a man interested in her inheritance. [Am. Lit.: Washington Square in Hart, 899]Throssel, Miss Phoebea spinster with marriage continually on her mind. [Br. Lit.: Quality Street, Magill I, 793–795]LegalSeeSpinsterspinsterhood
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