old maid
idiomPart ofmaid
old maid — idiom
1. a slightly offensive, old-fashioned term for a woman who has never married and i
1.idiom
Definition
a slightly offensive, old-fashioned term for a woman who has never married and is no longer considered young; also the name of a card-matching game
Example
The children spent the rainy afternoon playing Old Maid with a worn deck of cards.
The novel's main character is unfairly dismissed as an old maid by her neighbours.