maid : Idioms & Phrases
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Cuckoo maid
(Zoöl.) , the wryneck; called alsocuckoo mate .
Webster 1913
Fair maid
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(Zoöl.) (a) The European pilchard (Clupea pilchardus ) when dried.(b) The southern scup (Stenotomus Gardeni ). [Virginia]
Webster 1913
fair-maids-of-france
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noun rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
meadow saxifrage; Saxifraga granulata.
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Lady's maid
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noun a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
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- a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. Thackeray.
Webster 1913
Maid of honor
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noun an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
bridesmaid.
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- a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties.
Webster 1913
maid's hair
Maid's" hair`
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(Bot.) The yellow bedstraw ( Galium verum ).
Webster 1913
meter maid
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noun policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets
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Old maid
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noun an elderly unmarried woman
spinster.
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noun any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
zinnia; old maid.
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noun commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
cayenne jasmine; rose periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle; periwinkle; red periwinkle; Cape periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; Vinca rosea.
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noun the loser in a game of old maid
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noun a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
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(a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster .(b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle (Vinca rosea ).(c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid.
Webster 1913
old maid flower
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noun any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
zinnia; old maid.
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old-maid's bonnet
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noun stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
Lupinus perennis; Indian beet; sundial lupine; wild lupine.
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red maids
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noun succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States
Calandrinia ciliata; redmaids.
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sea-maid
Sea"-maid` noun
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The mermaid. -
A sea nymph.
Webster 1913
Serving maid
- a female servant; a maidservant.
Webster 1913
Waiting maid , Waiting woman
- a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.