spinstress en · NOUN
Etymology
From spinster + -ess.
Meanings
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A woman who spins.
Let meaner Souls by Virtue be cajold, As the good Grecian Spinstress was of old
1685, Tom Brown, A Paraphrase on Horace of Vides et Alta:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spinstresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |