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spin·ster (sp

1. A woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying.

2. A single woman.

3. A person whose occupation is spinning.

[Middle English spinnestere, female spinner of thread : spinnen, to spin; see spin + -estere, -ster, -ster.]

spinster·hood n.

spinster·ish, spinster·ly adj.

Translations

spinsterish

adj (pej) → altjüngferlich (pej)

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