spouseless

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Even the spouseless and child-free have been craving more space.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2020

"Say," said Stephen, "sweetest sigher; Say, shall Stephen spouseless stay?"

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

Then home    To my still marriage-chamber I shall come, And spouseless, childless, watch the slow years crawl.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

"The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord," Ay, and yet worse, Venetian souls grow rude.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

Across his path the spouseless Lady cast Her shadow, and the man that thing became.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George