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the answer to a maiden's prayer

the answer to a maiden's prayer noun: an attractive man, considered as an eligible bachelor.

Noun

the answer to a maiden's prayer

  1. An attractive man, considered as an eligible bachelor.
    • Bolte may not be the answer to a maiden's prayer. But who else is there?25 September 1969, Sir Henry Bolte, quoted in Peter Blazey, Bolte: A Political Biography (1972)

Origin of the answer to a maiden's prayer

From the June Valli song "The Answer to a Maiden's Prayer" (1959)

Questions about the answer to a maiden's prayer

What does the answer to a maiden's prayer mean?
The answer to a maiden's prayer means an attractive man, considered as an eligible bachelor.
What part of speech is the answer to a maiden's prayer?
The answer to a maiden's prayer is a noun.

Words near the answer to a maiden's prayer in the dictionary

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  2. the 'G'
  3. The Accident
  4. the alpha and the omega
  5. The Angle
  6. the answer to a maiden's prayer
  7. the apple does not fall far from the stem
  8. the apple does not fall far from the tree
  9. the apple does not fall far from the trunk
  10. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
  11. the apple never falls far from the tree

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