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
One of the sisters grows up to settle uneasily into spinsterhood; the other into marriage and motherhood, also uneasily.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
You see, at Agnes' wedding I received in my slice of bride-cake the thimble that should have consigned me to eternal spinsterhood, and Philip had the bachelor's button.
From Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed
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