a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid') a person who is primly fastidious
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
disapproval People sometimes refer to an old or middle-aged woman as an old maid when she has never married and they think that it is unlikely that she ever will marry. This use could cause offence. Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid. = spinster. an offensive word for a woman who has never married and is not young any more = spinster