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Game individual tucks into out-of-date crackers
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old maid
Word definitions for old maid in dictionaries
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. ▪ ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...