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How to pronounce “spinster”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of spinster with real speech in context.
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- The Female Brain
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- Definition summary
- (sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.
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How to pronounce spinster
The Female Brain

spinster librarian female or the
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “spinster”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (sometimes derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.
- One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spinmeister.
- (obsolete) Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.
- (obsolete) A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
- (rare, dialectal) A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.
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