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old maid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌold ˈmaid noun [countable] old-fashioned not polite  MARRYan offensive word for a woman who has never married and is not young anymore 老姑娘,老处女 SYN spinster
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old maidShe didn't want false teeth; they would make her look like an old maid.She was an old maid and, I would guess, far too peculiar to gather other suitors.An old maid, perhaps, but what had Prudence accomplished to get rich?Half of her wants to be a fella, and the other half's a frustrated old maid.When she spoke to the old maid, she told her that she would be coming down in the morning.No, it went Prudence was a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
ˌold ˈmaid nounChineseSyllable
offensive an a has woman for Corpus word who


old maid
ˌold ˈmaid noun [countable] old-fashioned not polite
an offensive word for a woman who has never married and is not young any more
   SYN  spinster


old maidBrE /ˌəʊld ˈmeɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊld ˈmeɪd/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, disapproving) a woman who has never married and is now no longer young 老姑娘;老处女