old-maid

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Almira Gulch came stomping through in her old-maid dress and ridiculous crushed black straw stovepipe hat, a basket over her arm.

Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
This was the bedroom of my great-grandparents and my great-grandmother had two old-maid sisters, and back then you had to build your kitchen out from the house.

Interstate 69 Matt Dellinger 2010
His sleeping pad is a protected corner on the back stoop of two old-maid sisters 'house in Talpa.

Walking to Talpa in March 2007
His sleeping pad is a protected corner on the back stoop of two old-maid sisters 'house in Talpa.

Walking to Talpa in March 2007
Your rich old-maid aunt, she told them, is going to glory!

Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008
Your rich old-maid aunt, she told them, is going to glory!

Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008
I urge Donald to calm down and to recall the old cliché that two old-maid school teachers living together were wink-wink "more than that".

Susan Braudy: Maybe Donald Trump Should Try To Think of Lesbians As Militant Virgins 2008
Your rich old-maid aunt, she told them, is going to glory!

Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008
He has a father, William Gilbert, and a blind old-maid sister, Louisa.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008
Your rich old-maid aunt, she told them, is going to glory!

Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008