spinsterhood
Americannoun
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spinsterhoods
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Plain and cursed with spectacles, Mary’s on a speed train to spinsterhood when her relatives summon her to London, where suitors await.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
But at the last minute they not only appear but propose, saving the Benton daughters from a fate worse than spinsterhood: family insolvency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
Whatever fantasies I might have harbored about being liberated from my avowed spinsterhood, complete with "late in life" baby were already gone before I could fully acknowledge them.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022
In this case, Rebecca decides that after breaking up with Nathaniel, she’s going to fully commit to spinsterhood.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2018
There was a certain family likeness between him and his aunt, Mrs. Grimshaw, as she was called in Whitford, despite her spinsterhood.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
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