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Spin-ster (spinsta) n. 1. an unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage. 2. Law (in legal documents) a woman who has never married. Compare feme sole. 3. (formerly) a woman who spins thread for her living. [C14 (in the sense: a person, esp. a woman, whose occupation is spinning; C17: a woman still unmarried): from SPIN-STER] –

spinster-, hood n, – spinsterish adj.