old maid
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old maid¹
noun old maids
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An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
If she is looking for the perfect man before she marries, she'll be an old maid.
Similar: spinster
- The Madagascar periwinkle. The following are the only hardy species grown, but V. rosea, with rosy or white flowers, is a pretty greenhouse plant known as ' Old Maid ' or ' Madagascar Periwinkle'.
- The common zinnia. Zinnias are sometimes known as "Old Maids" in the South.
- An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels. 2004 April 29 – May 5, "Unpopped Kernels Costing U.S. Billions", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 147, Crawford asked Congress to double funding for the FDA's $200 million old-maid-elimination research project.
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A card game in which cards must be paired and one unmatchable card is designated "old maid".
Similar: Old Maid
- The unmatchable card in that game.
Old Maid²
- /əʊld meɪd/
noun Old Maids
- A children's card game, sometimes played with a special deck, where the object of the game is for each player to find matches for all the cards in his hand, without being stuck with the single unmatchable card. The only card games I know are Go Fish and Old Maid.
- The unmatchable card itself. The Joker will serve as the Old Maid.
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noun card game
| Español | culo sucio, poto sucio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 婆抜き, ババ抜き babanuki |
| 中文 | 潛烏龜 /潜乌龟 qiánwūguī |
| Português | fedor, jogo do mico |
| Français | pouilleux, vieux garçon |
| Deutsch | Schwarzer Peter |
| Italiano | asino |
| Русский | ве́дьма f /lit: witch/ védʹma |
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