Old-maid
noun
1.
Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster.
2.
a fussy, timid, prudish person.
3.
Cards.
noun
1.
a woman regarded as unlikely ever to marry; spinster
2.
(informal) a prim, fastidious, or excessively cautious person
3.
a card game using a pack from which one card has been removed, in which players try to avoid holding the unpaired card at the end of the game
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