spinsters
- plural of spinster.
Example Sentences
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According to "The Spinsters of Horror," Veruca's "depiction of femininity and monstrousness is strong. Veruca is a confident, sexy, intelligent woman and she is immediately seen as a threat to the women of the Scoobies."
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2022
Spinsters and widows are counted worthy of voice in the selection of school trustee, and alderman, and mayor, but not the woman who has taken to herself a husband and still has him.
From In Times Like These by McClung, Nellie L.
Now 'tis proposed to start a Spinsters' Club, only Spinsters eligible.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891 by Various
Spinsters they are, but they are also real mothers in Israel.
From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.
"Spinsters are the balance-wheel of the universe machinery," declared Ruth, laughing.
From Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies by Emerson, Alice B.
