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spinstress

spinstress noun: a woman who spins.

Noun

spinstress (plural spinstresses)

  1. A woman who spins.
    • Let meaner Souls by Virtue be cajold, As the good Grecian Spinstress was of old1685, Tom Brown, A Paraphrase on Horace of Vides et Alta

Forms of spinstress

pluralspinstresses

Origin of spinstress

From spinster + -ess.

Questions about spinstress

What does spinstress mean?
Spinstress means a woman who spins.
What part of speech is spinstress?
Spinstress is a noun.
What is the plural of spinstress?
The plural of spinstress is spinstresses.

Words near spinstress in the dictionary

  1. spinsterism
  2. spinsterlike
  3. spinsterly
  4. spinsters
  5. spinstership
  6. spinstress
  7. spinstresses
  8. spinstry
  9. spint
  10. spinternet
  11. spintext

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