spinstress

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noun

A woman who spins.

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Meanings

nounspinstress (plural spinstresses)

plural spinstresses

  1. 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

Origin

From spinster + -ess.

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Cite this entry
APA

spinstress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinstress

MLA

“spinstress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinstress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinstress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinstress.

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