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Originally posted by dtb
Sort of. I suppose there are different gradations of spinster. I mean, by definition, you're a spinster when you're, what? 35? and unmarried; but when you're 87 and unmarried, then you're an old spinster.
But this is a judgment call, I think.
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What do you mean, "you," Mme. Smug Married?
spin ster
a woman whose occupation is to spin
archaic an unmarried woman of a gentle family
an unmarried woman and esp. one past the common age for marrying
a woman who seems unlikely to marry
