old maid
Example Sentences
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If they chance upon the foul water, they are set to marry a widow or widower and if they choose the empty dish "the person is destined to be a bachelor or an old maid".
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023
Writers and painters began to depict Elizabeth as a preposterous and vain old maid.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2018
Still, we suspect that she is a sad case, a solitary old maid gabbing to her niece about happier times.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
There are no squeaking dolls or loyal little wives here, no old maid scientists — and if there were, woe betide anyone who took them at face value.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2015
I wonder if Tfa Eufemia is trying to jinx me so her three old maid daughters stand a better chance?
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
