English
Detailed Synonyms for old maid in English
old maid:
old maid [the ~] noun
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the old maid
– 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') 1 -
the old maid
– the loser in a game of old maid 1 -
the old maid
– an elderly unmarried woman 1 -
the old maid
– commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers 1the periwinkle; the rose periwinkle; the old maid; the Vinca rosea; the Catharanthus roseus; the red periwinkle; the cayenne jasmine; the Madagascar periwinkle; the Cape periwinkle– commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers 1 -
the old maid
– any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads 1the zinnia; the old maid; the old maid flower– any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads 1