spinster-man
n.— «At 44, and still a “spinster-man” as he calls it, he meets a woman at a wedding, and she makes such an impression that he nonchalantly puts his arm in the punch bowl.» —“Music adds a bit of Irish to romance” by Jim Lowe Times Argus (Barre, Vermont) Aug. 1, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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