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Answer for the clue "Game individual tucks into out-of-date crackers ", 8 letters:
old maid

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden .] An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, ...

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. ▪ ...

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 ...

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 ...