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'old maid' in a sentence

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old maid noun

: an elderly unmarried woman

: any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads

: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

: the loser in a game of old maid

: a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')


  • That old maid can milk all the cows up at the pasture.
  • Two old maids live there.
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