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• spin|ster|ly — «SPIHN stuhr lee», adjective. = spinsterish. (Cf. ↑spinsterish) …   Useful english dictionary

• spin|ster — «SPIHN stuhr», noun. 1. an elderly woman who has not married; old maid: »a middle aged spinster. He was a beau of all the elder ladies and superannuated spinsters (Washington Irving). 2. an unmarried woman. 3. British. any girl or woman of… …   Useful english dictionary

• spin|ster|hood — «SPIHN stuhr hud», noun. the condition of being a spinster …   Useful english dictionary

• spin|ster|ish — «SPIHN stuhr ihsh», adjective. like or befitting a spinster: »a spinsterish high necked dress (Sinclair Lewis) …   Useful english dictionary

• spin|ster|ship — «SPIHN stuhr shihp», noun. = spinsterhood. (Cf. ↑spinsterhood) …   Useful english dictionary

• spin — spin·ach; spin; spin·dle·age; spin·dle·ful; spin·dler; spin·dli·ness; spin·dly; spin·drift; spin·et; spin·i·ness; spin·na·bil·i·ty; spin·na·ble; spin·na·ker; spin·ner; spin·ner·et; spin·ner·ular; spin·ner·ule; spin·nery; spin·ney; spin·or;… …   English syllables

• Ster Century — was a cinema company in Ireland and the UK. There was one Ster Century cinema in Dublin, Ireland, and 6 in the UK: Basingstoke, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Norwich, and Romford. The Dublin Liffey Valley Shopping Centre cinema the first Ster… …   Wikipedia

• spinster — spin·ster …   English syllables

• spinsterly — spin·ster·ly …   English syllables

• spinster — spin•ster [[t]ˈspɪn stər[/t]] n. 1) off usu. disp. a woman who has remained unmarried beyond the conventional age for marriage in her culture or society 2) law Chiefly Law. a woman who has never married 3) a woman whose occupation is spinning •… …   From formal English to slang