spinster
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She’s trained by Cox, who gave her an extended break after a third-place finish in the Spinster Stakes last October.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2021
“After the Storm” is the final track on her new album, “Urban Driftwood,” which will be released Jan. 29 on the intersectional feminist label Spinster.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021
In “The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror,” Mallory Ortberg — who launches the short story collection at Skylight on Saturday — twists fairy tales and more.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2018
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Spinster originally meant simply someone who spun yarn or thread.
From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2016
There have been many imitations since, of which perhaps Barham's ballad on the coronation was the best, "When to Westminster the Royal Spinster and the Duke of Leinster all in order did repair!"
From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony
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