OLD MAID
ADJECTIVES
► CADDY precise, old-maidish → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD-CATTISH like an old maid → 1780
► QUINTY like an old maid; fussy, fastidious → 1916 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► TABBYHOOD the condition of being an old maid → 1793
NOUNS – PERSON (also see SPINSTER)
► APE-LEADER an old maid→ 1652 obs.
► AULD LASS an old maid → 1901 Sc.
► AULD LASSIE an old maid → 1798 Sc.
► AUNT TILLIE ► AUNT TILLY the personification of a fussy old maid → 1960 US sl.
► DELO-DIAM an old maid → L19 Brit. & US back-slang
► MAIDEN an old maid; an elderly unmarried lady → 1883 Eng. dial.
► OLD GIRL an old maid → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD MAIDEN an old maid → 1775
► PUSSOCK a term for an old maid, an ‘old tabby’ → 1622 obs.
► QUAIL an old maid; a spinster → M19 US tramps’ sl.
► QUINT a fussy old maid → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TAB an old maid; any oldish woman → 1909 theatrical sl.
► TABBY an old or elderly maiden lady; an old maid → 1748
► THORN-BACK an old maid → 17C Brit. sl.
PHRASES
► AT HER LAST PRAYERS used to typify an old maid → L17 sl.
► AT THE WHITLEATHER AGE at the stage or age of an old maid, tough and unmarriageable → 1952 Amer. dial.
► LEADING APES IN HELL the fancied consequences of dying an old maid → 1578
VERBS
► LEAD APES IN HELL to die unmarried; to die an old maid → 1578 Eng. sl.
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