The Old Maid
Old Maid is a pejorative term for a spinster. It may also my refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
Films
- The Old Maid (1939 film), an American drama film starring Bette Davis
- The Old Maid (1972 film), a French film by Jean-Pierre Blanc
Games
Literature
- La Vieille Fille (novel) or The Old Maid, an 1836 novel by Honoré de Balzac
- The Old Maid (play), a 1935 play by Zoe Akins
- The Old Maid, a 1761 play by Arthur Murphy
Music
- "Old Maid Boogie", a 1947 R&B song by Eddie Vinson
- The Old Maid and the Thief, 1937 one-act opera composed by Gian Carlo Menotti for performance on the radio
Flora and fauna
- Old Maid moth, the owlet moth species Catocala badia (Bay Underwing)
- Old Maid's Bonnets (Lupinus perennis), a flowering plant species of Fabaceae
- Old Maid's Nightcap (Geranium maculatum), a flowering plant species of family Geraniaceae
- Old-maid's-pink (Agrostemma), a flowering plant genus of family Caryophyllaceae
Other uses
- Old maid's insanity, an archaic term for erotomania
- An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels.
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