old settler
n.— «Opening tonight in Warner Robins is “The Old Settler,” a love story set in Harlem in the 1940s. “Old Settler” is said to be a pejorative term for an aging unmarried woman.» —“Midstate’s calendar offers variety of cultural events” by Larry Fennell Telegraph (Macon, Georgia) Feb. 15, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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