old maid

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === old maid (countable and uncountable, plural old maids) (derogatory) An old woman who has never married; a spinster. The Madagascar periwinkle. The common zinnia. An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels. 2004 April 29 – May 5, "Unpopped Kernels Costing U.S. Billions", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 147, Crawford asked Congress to double funding for the FDA's $200 million old-maid-elimination research project. (uncountable) A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid". The unmatchable card in that game. ==== Synonyms ==== (old unmarried woman): spinster (card game): Old Maid ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Old Maid === Anagrams === lamdoid, miladdo