old-maid-like

Updated: July 11, 2025

She is a spinster, I admit; but she isn't anywhere near as old-maid-like as Ruth Fielding." "I'll tell Tom about that," said Tom's sister wickedly. "Spinsters are the balance-wheel of the universe machinery," declared Ruth, laughing. "I always have admired them.

Alice B. Emerson - Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest: Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies