An elderly unmarried woman.
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Examples for "black peter "
Examples for "black peter "
1 If black Peter get drowned, easily find better man to take him place.
2 After a while the carousing bandits called for what they called " Black Peter . "
3 I had lost my hold on Black Peter and was stranded in London without a shilling.
4 They played beggar-my-neighbor and Black Peter .
5 A celebration by the Dutch Society of the feast of Black Peter in December has upset fellow students.
Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers.
Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads.
1 They began almost to suspect the probity of the poor old maid .
2 She will not be the old maid of the family after all.
3 Compared to that, being an old maid looks mighty good, believe me.
4 There was no love lost between the old maid and her relatives.
5 The chevalier and the old maid , believing themselves alone, were talking aloud.
6 I feel like an old maid looking under the bed for burglars.
7 Dearest Lorry, you talk like an old maid in a musical comedy.
8 One carroty-headed old maid with warts he had kissed upon the brow.
9 This discovery was one which agitated the old maid not a little.
10 The old maid shook her gray head, looking very pale and tired.
11 And he was as fussy as any old maid I ever saw.
12 Unless something happened soon, she'd be the oldest old maid in town.
13 Some, like the little old maid , who was the first, never returned.
14 The next day they had forgotten all about the old maid 's tears.
15 She had not remained an old maid for love of Major Harper.
16 We used even to forget then that she was an old maid .
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