old maid, n.
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an elderly unmarried woman
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old maid spinster
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a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
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old maid
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the loser in a game of old maid
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old maid
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commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
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Cape periwinkle Catharanthus roseus Madagascar periwinkle Vinca rosea cayenne jasmine old maid periwinkle red periwinkle rose periwinkle
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
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old maid old maid flower zinnia
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