Meaning of OLD MAID

Pronunciation:			owld meyd
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  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') [n]  a person who is primly fastidious [n]  an elderly unmarried woman [n]  commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers [n]  any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
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	Synonyms:		Cape periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, cayenne jasmine, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid flower, periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle, spinster, Vinca rosea, zinnia
	See Also:		card game, cards, Catharanthus, flower, genus Catharanthus, genus Zinnia, herb, herbaceous plant, human, individual, little golden zinnia, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, unmarried woman, white zinnia, Zinnia acerosa, Zinnia grandiflora
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		bachelor girl, bluenose, feme sole, fuddy-duddy, fuss, fuss-budget, fusser, fusspot, goody-goody, granny, lone woman, maid, maiden, maiden lady, mid-Victorian, old lady, old woman, prig, prude, puritan, single girl, spinster, spinstress, squeamish, tabby, vestal, vestal virgin, Victorian, virgin