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| maiden; hussy; miss; young woman; girl; demoiselle; a young lady; virgin | |||
| damsel; popsy ("Seeing the popsy bathed in tears, he quivered from stem to stern." (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) | |||
| spinster | |||
| spinstress | |||
| unmarried woman | |||
| pucelle; agamist | |||
| damoisel; damoiselle | |||
| maid | |||
| damosel | |||
| piece of goods (Taras) | |||
| wench | |||
| celibate | |||
| young thing (if you live in Russia, you have been certainly called on the phone by a chipper young thing excitedly telling you: У нас идёт акция – купите три окна, и четвёртое – бесплатно! –We're running a special promotion: buy three windows and get the fourth one free! (Michele Berdy)) | |||
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