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spinster
[ spin-ster ]
noun
- Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- Chiefly Law. a woman who has never married.
- a woman whose occupation is spinning.
spinster
/ ˈɪԲə /
noun
- an unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage
- law (in legal documents) a woman who has never married Compare feme sole
- (formerly) a woman who spins thread for her living
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˈ辱Բٱ, adjective
- ˈ辱ԲٱˌǴǻ, noun
Other Word Forms
- 辱sٱ·Ǵǻ noun
- 辱sٱ· adjective
- 辱sٱ··ly adverb
- 辱sٱ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of spinster1
Example Sentences
There have been various failed efforts, both from the White House spinsters and pundits, to sane-wash Trump's choice to torch the U.S. economy as some kind of "strategy."
Unable to deny the economic ruin Trump is inflicting on the nation, the Fox News spinsters have moved to reframing financial privation as a good thing, because it will supposedly restore Americans' lost masculinity.
"She's described in the record as a spinster," said Prof English.
The author is looking for a job and taking allergy shots so that she can one day become a spinster with two cats.
“ I saw with the first show was that the people that came did not fit the model of the hoarder, spinster, crazy cat lady,” she said.
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