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  • adjective Resembling a spinster.

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Examples

  • It is Squidward, actually, tending his soufflés at home, who might be said to exhibit a certain spinsterish or curate-like gayness; SpongeBob and Patrick simply love each other very much.

    SpongeBob's Golden Dream 2009

  • It is Squidward, actually, tending his soufflés at home, who might be said to exhibit a certain spinsterish or curate-like gayness; SpongeBob and Patrick simply love each other very much.

    SpongeBob's Golden Dream 2009

  • It is Squidward, actually, tending his soufflés at home, who might be said to exhibit a certain spinsterish or curate-like gayness; SpongeBob and Patrick simply love each other very much.

    SpongeBob's Golden Dream 2009

  • Anchored by two unforgettable lead performances, the gifted Eileen Atkins also resonates as Madge, the company's spinsterish stage manager whose quiet love for "Sir" has always competed with Norman's, and like his, entailed enormous sacrifice.

    John Farr: Birthday Tribute: Albert Finney's Finest John Farr 2011

  • Anchored by two unforgettable lead performances, the gifted Eileen Atkins also resonates as Madge, the company's spinsterish stage manager whose quiet love for "Sir" has always competed with Norman's, and like his, entailed enormous sacrifice.

    John Farr: Birthday Tribute: Albert Finney's Finest John Farr 2011

  • For ten years I struggled with lessons from Miss Kirkland, a spinsterish teacher with halitosis, only because at that time playing the piano was thought to be an asset for young ladies.

    Irene Tanner: Practice, Proficiency, Mastery Irene Tanner 2011

  • For ten years I struggled with lessons from Miss Kirkland, a spinsterish teacher with halitosis, only because at that time playing the piano was thought to be an asset for young ladies.

    Irene Tanner: Practice, Proficiency, Mastery Irene Tanner 2011

  • For ten years I struggled with lessons from Miss Kirkland, a spinsterish teacher with halitosis, only because at that time playing the piano was thought to be an asset for young ladies.

    Irene Tanner: Practice, Proficiency, Mastery Irene Tanner 2011

  • The air was spinsterish but funny, wicked, and several of the ladies typed in their carpet slippers.

    Once upon a life: Andrew O'Hagan Andrew O 2010

  • One such is Faraday's lengthy account of a district hospital dance to which he invites Caroline, already spinsterish in her 20s.

    The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 2010

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