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单词	old maids
释义	old maid noun 1 : spinster sense 3 2 : a prim fussy person he was a real old maid about burning rubbish R. C. Ruark 3 : a simple card game in which cards are matched in pairs and the player holding the unmatched card at the end loses old-maidish ˈōl(d)-ˈmā-dish  adjective old-maidishness ˈōl(d)-ˈmā-dish-nəs  noun Example Sentences In my generation, you were considered an old maid at 25. Recent Examples on the Web An old maid at six and twenty, Kate arrives in London with her mother, Lady Mary Sharma (Shelley Conn), and younger half-sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran). Katie Rife, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2022 Higgins also noted that Mary’s fate as an old maid in this alternative universe, portrayed as hideous and sad, is presented as perfectly fine, appropriate and desirable for Annie in the real world. Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021 As Beres laughs and tries to decipher who has the old maid, MacDougall starts to laugh, too. cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021 Word History First Known Use circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition old maid noun 1 : an elderly unmarried woman 2 : a very neat fussy person 3 : a card game in which cards are matched in pairs and the player holding the extra queen at the end loses old maids noun plural of old maid as in stuffed shirts Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance stuffed shirts nice nellies Mrs. Grundys prigs puritans spoilsports moralists bluenoses prudes fuddy-duddies wowsers goody-goodies moralizers Antonyms & Near Antonyms libertarians libertines misbehavers immoralists
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