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Recent Examples of neatnikNewgarden is a neatnik, an organizer, someone who wonders aloud about his OCD tendencies.—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2018
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old maid
Noun
My dad was divorced, and my mom was an old maid by Belarusian standards.
—
Diana Ruzova,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
In contrast to the depictions of suffragists as dowdy old maids, the woman portrayed in this postcard is conventionally attractive and fashionably dressed.
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