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spinster

spins·ter

UK/ˈspɪnstə/ US/ˈspɪnstɚ/ uncommon obsolete rare

noun

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someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

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Origin

From Middle English spynnestere (“woman who spins fibre”), from c. 1350; equivalent to spin + -ster. The semantic development is from a historical notion of unmarried women spinning thread for a living.

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