what does old maid mean?
OLD MAID as NOUN
- Meaning
- 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”)
Hypernyms(s) old maid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a person who is primly fastidious
Hypernyms(s) old maid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- an elderly unmarried woman
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Hypernyms(s) old maid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
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Hypernyms(s) old maid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
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Hypernyms(s) old maid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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