old maids
Never-married older women
Old maids is a card game where players draw from each other's hands to make pairs, trying not to be left holding the unmatchable odd card—traditionally a queen without a partner.
The game's name comes from the dated term for an unmarried woman past the usual age of marriage, the implication being that she, like the final card, failed to find a match.
- spinsterUnmarried older woman
- bacheloretteUnmarried woman
- passed overBypassed for selection
- zinniaOrnamental daisy-family genus
- wallflowerShy person avoiding socializing
cat lady · single woman · pairs · deck · shuffle · deal out · draw · petunia · marigold · hand · daisy · unpopped · snapdragon · discard · pansy · chrysanthemum · joker · geranium
old maidswives
Married female partners
married women · brides · newlyweds · widows · divorcees
old maidsbelles
Reigning social beauties
heartbreakers · femmes fatales · debutantes · catches · socialites
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