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Old maid Common

Old maid has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an elderly unmarried woman

2

any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads

3

commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

4

the loser in a game of old maid

5

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')

6

An old woman who has never married; a spinster.

7

A children's card game, sometimes played with a special deck, where the object of the game is for each player to find matches for all the cards in his hand, without being stuck with the single unmatchable card.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
unmarried woman flower herb loser card game
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
white zinnia little golden zinnia
Rhyming Words
aid zaid naid kaid waid caid laid said raid paid braid quaid usaid staid plaid ubaid fraid nsaid danaid mydaid
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