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Old bag / Old hag: An older, unappealing and ugly woman. Old bat: A senile older woman. Old cow: A rude term for an older woman, especially one who is overweight or obese and homely. Old fart: [7] A boring and old-fashioned silly person. Old maid: An older never married lady.(see "spinster" below)
Spinster or old maid is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry. It can also indicate that a woman is considered unlikely to ever marry. [1] The term originally denoted a woman whose occupation was to spin. [2]
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The word comes from Old English hlǣfdige; the first part of the word is a mutated form of hlāf, "loaf, bread", also seen in the corresponding hlāford, "lord".The second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, "to knead", seen also in dough; the sense development from bread-kneader, or bread-maker, or bread-shaper, to the ordinary meaning, though not clearly to be traced historically ...
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Prior to the entrance of the word into English, the surname Hopcrone is recorded (around 1323–1324). [6] In more modern usage, crone is also defined as a "woman who is venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom." [7] Clarissa Pinkola Estes suggests that the word crone may derive from the word crown (or, la corona). While a crown is known ...
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Occasionally, the slang term "puma" (itself a literal synonym for cougar) is used to denote a woman under the age of 40 who prefers to date significantly younger men, that is, a younger cougar. [ 8 ] Academia