old maid Spinster or old maid is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry. It can also indicate that a woman is considered unlikely to ever marry. The term origin ...

is an older woman who has never married and never had children. Old maid or Old Maid may also refer to:

Games

Old maid (card game) Old Maid is a 19th-century American card game for two or more players, presumed to have derived from an ancient European gambling game in which the loser pays for the drinks. History The rules of the game are first recorded in a book for girls ...

, a simple game popular around the world, existing in many variants *, a German card game (variant of ) whose name translates as 'old maid'

Film

* ''The Old Maid'' (1939 film), an American drama film starring Bette Davis * ''The Old Maid'' (1972 film), a French film by Jean-Pierre Blanc

Literature

* (novel) or ''The Old Maid'', an 1836 novel by Honoré de Balzac * ''The Old Maid'' (novella), a 1924 novella by Edith Wharton; basis for the 1935 play and the 1939 film * ''The Old Maid'' (play), a 1935 play by Zoe Akins * ''The Old Maid'', a 1761 play by Arthur Murphy

Other uses

* '' Catocala badia'' or old maid, an owlet moth species * Old maid, an unpopped kernel in a batch of popped

popcorn Popcorn (also called popped corn, popcorns, or pop-corn) is a variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up when heated. The term also refers to the snack food produced by the expansion. It is one of the oldest snacks, with evidence of p ...

kernels * ''Old Maid'' (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1928 to 1930, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels

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