At the end of Old Maid as banks used to play it, the loser would take a big write-off and then everyone could start playing again.

ECONOMIST: Banks in trouble

Buy the usual button for a bachelor, thimble for an old maid, etc.

CNN: Saint Basil's Cake

This kind of concentration makes the typical money manager with a comparably sized investment book look like an old maid.

FORBES: Managing Money

Plenty of controlled aggression can be heard on 30 Year Low's alternate take of "Aspect of an Old Maid" (Okkervil River's Will Sheff sings the male lead on the set's other version), as Bracy and McCardle, each acutely aware of the other's bitterness, frantically trade lines and barbs.

NPR: Harsh Words at a Musical Marriage's End

The maid, Rizana Nafeek, had denied killing the four-month-old boy.

BBC: Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek beheaded in Saudi Arabia

The 20-year-old former student intended to earn enough money in Hong Kong, working as a maid, to support her family back home.

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