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Spinning commonly done by unmarried women, hence the word came to denote "an unmarried woman" in legal documents from 1600s to early 1900s, and by 1719 was being used generically for "woman still unmarried and beyond the usual age for it.""Spinster, a terme, or an addition in our Common Law, ... Origin of spinster...
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/spinsters
dictionary.reference.com/browse/spinsters
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formations, baxter, seamster, tapster, were in southern English usually feminine before 1500...also spinster, which alone of ... The first citation for spinster in the OED is 1362, and to answer the original question (a bit of a long-winded answer, I know, but) the first citation for the old maid sense of spinster is 1719.
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www.wordorigins.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/445/
www.wordorigins.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/445/
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the only Weekly Word-origin Webzine ... You should research spinster yourself for your paper. That does not mean writing to a pair of etymology columnists like us, ... I'm writing a paper about the origin of the word spinster for my English class. Can you please get back to me as soon as you can? Thank you!
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www.takeourword.com/Issue049.html
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Origianlly a term applied to young unmarried women (since it was they who usually spun thread into yarn) eventually applied to unmarried women who were past the usual age to marry.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_origin_of_the_wor...
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The exact origin of the term "buck" for this object is not certain, but it is ... Dear Word Detective: I heard somewhere recently that the word "spinster" originally referred to someone who weaves fabric. I know there was more to the story than that, but I forgot to write it down and I'm hoping you can refresh my memory.
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www.word-detective.com/020501.html
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So the thrush is being rooted out, thanks to the Nystatin. It sucks and I really don't want to experience this again. One of the bizarre things that happened is that I lost my apetite. This seems like a bad thing, Unfortunately, my apetite came back yesterday before my throat is feeling fully healed. ... I had chose gorillas.
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spinsterwitch.blogspot.com/
spinsterwitch.blogspot.com/
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a love supreme ... that's him above, in a recent photo i nicked from his facebook profile, taken by the amazing gary leonard of brendan holding a much earlier portrait of himself, also taken by gary. (i hope it's ok to post this photo here; so i, of course, met him through the local music world, when i was music editor at the...
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hipspinster.blogspot.com/
hipspinster.blogspot.com/
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This week over at GameTap, the PC game subscription service has added Dracula: Origin to its premimum list of games users can check out with their monthly fee.
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news.bigdownload.com/2009/08/13/gametap-adds-dracula-or...
news.bigdownload.com/2009/08/13/gametap-adds-dracula-origin-to-line-up-just-cause-free-for-a-we/
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Progenitors of Grimshaw Families in the Silk Industry, Paterson, New Jersey ... George and Mary (Barnes) Grimshaw were the parents of four brothers (James, John, George and David) who immigrated to Paterson, New Jersey in 1868. They came from Macclesfield, ... Ancestor and Descendant Chart for George and Mary Grimshaw...
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www.grimshaworigin.org/Webpages2/GeorgeBarnes.htm
www.grimshaworigin.org/Webpages2/GeorgeBarnes.htm
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