Many old novels portray a spinster as a mysterious and unhappy character in the story. From LearnThat.org.
Women spun for their own households, and the term spinster was introduced. From Wordnik.com. [Comic History of England] Reference
Oh that I should live to hear myself called spinster!. From Wordnik.com. [The Rivals A Comedy] Reference
The oldest spinster is the self-appointed cook in this house. From Wordnik.com. [Walking to Talpa in March] Reference
These days, I rarely if ever respond to the bitter, cynical “observations†of a certain spinster, atheist schoolmarm. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Murtha on Rove: ‘He’s Sitting in His Air-Conditioned Office on His Big, Fat Backside, Saying Stay the Course’] Reference
I have a friend - a "spinster" - who gives endless tea parties for women and little girls. From Wordnik.com. [Funny Rich Man] Reference
If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ. From Wordnik.com. [Since Too Many City Hall Spinsters Are Only Talking About Me, Here Are Some Things To Discuss Instead] Reference
There are two species of sexually frustrated women, the single female also known as the spinster and the one in a relationship. From Wordnik.com. [The sexually frustrated woman « Jahsonic] Reference
These days, however, few even dare to call an unmarried woman a "spinster". From Wordnik.com. [Susan Braudy: Yipes, We Live In A Matriarchy. Isn't Sexual Harassment What Some Guys Like Michael Douglas Called Fun?] Reference
Still, the idea of being a "spinster" or "old maid" carried a stigma until recently. From Wordnik.com. [Men, women flip the script in gender expectation] Reference
Years ago, these older singles would have been known as the "spinster" neighbor or the confirmed "bachelor" friend. From Wordnik.com. [Singles find love, marriage after age 45] Reference
He had no idea where the 'spinster' bit had come from except that he knew he must spin it out, spin it out at all costs. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Famous]
But both "spinster" and "old maid" have narrow, restricted attributes, which, to say the least, imply doubt as to past opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
Singing 'spinster' strikes chord in talent contest. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Rebecca Spindle; but I crave your pardon, Captain, perhaps the spinster is a favourite of yours.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Peep at the Pilgrims in Sixteen Hundred Thirty-Six] Reference
She approached middle age without a husband, and so was a "spinster" or "old maid" by the standards of the time. From Wordnik.com. [MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] Reference
Seriously, I have, what in the old days was referred to as a "spinster" aunt, and she was the biggest blessing to me and my family. From Wordnik.com. [Coming2Terms] Reference
Austere - thanks for the thought. i will try to realize being a 'spinster' isn't half as bad! no more pining. From Wordnik.com. [2009] Reference
A hundred Jeanne d'Arcs, all definable as pucelle or maid, just as we say "spinster": we even read of one in the time of the Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Unseen World and Other Essays] Reference
"Goodness gracious, Mr. Davlin!" shrieked the spinster. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The spinster glanced up coquettishly, "Edward, you suggest.". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
So giving a low whistle he turned toward the spinster, saying. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
What a day of glory it had been to the spinster, this day on which. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Meantime, she left him to the tender mercies of the happy spinster. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
But she objects to the view of Austen as an asexual English spinster. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Sense And Sensibility] Reference
Blake and thus placed himself beside the not any too desirable spinster. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
"I'm not a little spinster who sits home Friday night and cries," she'd say. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage by the Numbers] Reference
I had always thought of her, my spinster aunt, as someone life had passed by. From Wordnik.com. [Heron Lake] Reference
Mrs. John Randolph, would have been mistaken anywhere for a New England spinster. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
But she had put the spinster on the defensive, and had also excited her curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
They'd gotten suckers from Ms. Beatrice, a spinster that rented land to his father. From Wordnik.com. [Changing a Flat] Reference
"Hush, you foolish girl," said the flattered spinster; "it's all right, of course.". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The spinster was in a frame of mind to grant almost any favor to her lover to-night. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Madeline Payne stood, for a moment, gazing laughingly into the amazed face of the spinster. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
To that end she must contrive to fall out with the spinster, and "fall in" with Madame Cora. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Almost everyone is going bananas for this woman, the middle-class spinster with the Merman pipes. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Tolins: The Boyle Next Door] Reference
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