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Meanings of little spinster in English

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Usage of little spinster in English
1
The little spinster groaned and slipped down among her pillows again.
The Motor Maids in Fair Japan
2
Then from a flat-chested little spinster came this query in tired yet interested tones:
Europe Revised
3
They just sent for me, gasped the little spinster lady.
Janice Day at Poketown
4
She shuddered, turned pale, and also turned her back on the eager little spinster.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
5
The wave carried the little spinster to the window.
The Court of Boyville
6
Mrs. Butler popped her head out of the drawing-room door and confronted the little spinster.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
7
But it was plain that the little spinster's resolutions against camping were beginning to crumble.
The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp
8
A week later the little spinster came home.
Janice Day at Poketown
9
The timid little spinster could not escape.
Janice Day at Poketown
10
The transportation of their scattered purchases was the main difficulty, but it yielded to the little spinster's inspiration.
The Nest Builder: A Novel
11
The little spinster slipped away.
The Nest Builder: A Novel
12
The little spinster ran downstairs.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
13
I desire to hide me from the 'Eye of Gluskâp' by taking refuge behind a certain little spinster's petticoats!
Earth's Enigmas: A Volume of Stories
14
The little spinster, so much a lady, so kind, cheerful and agreeable, had left a very favourable impression in America.
Eleanor
15
A bitchy little spinster.
The last novel
16
Her picture (the married woman's picture) is of an undesired and undesirable little spinster pining visibly and shamelessly in a parsonage.
The Three Brontës
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Little spinster across language varieties
United Kingdom
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