Old Maid
[n] 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')
[n] a person who is primly fastidious
[n] an elderly unmarried woman
[n] commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
[n] any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
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Synonyms
Cape periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, cayenne jasmine, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid flower, periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle, spinster, Vinca rosea, zinnia
Related Terms
bachelor girl, bluenose, feme sole, fuddy-duddy, fuss, fuss-budget, fusser, fusspot, goody-goody, granny, lone woman, maid, maiden, maiden lady, mid-Victorian, old lady, old woman, prig, prude, puritan, single girl, spinster, spinstress, squeamish, tabby,