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spinster

[spin-ster] / ˈspɪn stər /
NOUN
(offensive) unmarried woman
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“I’m a geriatric pregnant spinster who puts crystals in her bra,” Helen says in an unusual moment of self-awareness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

"She's described in the record as a spinster," said Prof English.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

The author is looking for a job and taking allergy shots so that she can one day become a spinster with two cats.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2024

They're living in a rural village together, two spinster women.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

But trying to imagine Katherine pledging herself to a life as a spinster doesn't quite fit.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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