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old maid N pej

1. old maid (woman):

2. old maid inf (person):

osoba f staroświecka

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Dawn approaches, and the old maid elf wants to close the shutters. en.wikipedia.org

Spinster often implied that the woman was older than the age when most women traditionally marry and that she would probably never marry; a more derogatory term was old maid. en.wikipedia.org

The game is played exactly as old maid except "any" card can be removed at the start of the game. en.wikipedia.org

He lived with his sister, a flat-chested, consumptive old maid. en.wikipedia.org

She has been lonely so long that now she is an old maid and has never been wooed. en.wikipedia.org

Marry to escape the ridicule of being called an old maid? en.wikipedia.org

Her brothers, all of whom have inherited their parents' good looks, tease her about her nondescript appearance and her presumed fate as an old maid. en.wikipedia.org

Thin with an emaciated face, she produced the impression of an old maid type. en.wikipedia.org

These witches have also been humorously referred to be spinsters who will end up there in order to escape from the old maid tax. en.wikipedia.org

You don't want to be the old maid at age 20. america.aljazeera.com

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