Game individual tucks into out-of-date crackers

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ 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 . ▪ No, it went Prudence was a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity. ▪ ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Old \Old\, a. [Compar. Older ; superl. Oldest .] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. Adult , Alderman ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Old maid is a Victorian card game for two to eight players probably deriving from an ancient gambling game in which the loser pays for the drinks. It is known in Germany as Schwarzer Peter , in Sweden as Svarte Petter , in Norway as Svarteper , in Denmark ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context pejorative English) An old woman who has never married; a spinster. 2 A particular kind of periwinkle. 3 A particular kind of zinnia. 4 An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels. 5 A card game in which cards must be paired and ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an elderly unmarried woman [syn: spinster ] any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads [syn: zinnia , old maid flower ] commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red ...