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OLD MAID

Old Maid is a card game for any number of players. A full deck of 52 cards is used from which the Queen of Hearts has been removed and the remainder dealt. Pairs are discarded and remaining cards are passed face down to the player to the left who picks one at random. Play continues until all cards have been played and one player is left holding the odd Queen (the Old Maid).
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THORNBACK

Thornback was 17th century slang for an old maid; an elderly unmarried woman.
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