old maid

1. (countable, derogatory, uncountable)An old woman who has never married; a spinster.

   If she is looking for the perfect man before she marries, she'll be an old maid.

2. (countable, uncountable)The Madagascar periwinkle.

3. (countable, uncountable)The common zinnia.

4. (countable, uncountable)An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.

5. (uncountable)A card game in which cards must be paired and one unmatchable card is designated "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’)

6. (countable, uncountable)The unmatchable card in that game.

   the loser in a game of old maid

1. Tom and Mary are playing old maid.

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2. Tom thought that Mary would die an old maid.

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3. Mary doesn't want to end up being an old maid.

   ruМэри не хочет остаться старой девой. — odexed

   deMary will keine alte Jungfer werden. — Dejo

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4. I don't want to end up being an old maid.

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5. Tom thought Mary would die an old maid.

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