Phrase guide
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noun
An old woman who has never married; a spinster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
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noun
The Madagascar periwinkle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The common zinnia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A card game in which cards must be paired and one unmatchable card is designated "old maid".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The unmatchable card in that game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The unmatchable card itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
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')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: card game, cards
noun
the loser in a game of old maid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: loser, also-ran
noun
an elderly unmarried woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: spinster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unmarried woman
noun
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
noun
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: zinnia, old maid flower
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: white zinnia, Zinnia acerosa, little golden zinnia, Zinnia grandiflora
History
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Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
