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Yes, and well before that too. It meant an unmarried adult woman over the age of _____. (Here is where the discrepancy lies.) It was always true for an elderly woman. But could sometimes be applied all the way down to age 30, especially if you go far enough back that you were expected to be married in your 20s. (And if you weren’t, there must be something wrong with you.)

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Well I’m unmarried, female and in my mid thirties and there’s definitely something wrong with me. I now identify as a spinster.

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Keep spinnin, girl

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You don’t even know how much I spin

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My great grandmother’s wedding certificate lists her as a spinster, at the ripe old age of 19. This was a little over 100 years ago, in 1914

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