Old Maid

old maid English Etymology en Pronunciation en /əʊld meɪd/ Noun Old Maid ~ en uncountable A children's card game, sometimes played with a special deck, where the object of the game is for each player to find matches for all the cards in his hand, without being stuck with the single unmatchable card. en The only card games I know are Go Fish and Old Maid. en countable The unmatchable card itself. en The Joker will serve as the Old Maid. Translations card game Chinese: Cantonese: yue 潛烏龜 cim4 wu1 gwai1 Mandarin: cmn 潛烏龜 qiánwūguī Danish: da Sorte Per Finnish: fi Pekka, fi mustapekka, fi Pekka-peli French: fr pouilleux m, fr vieux garçon m German: de Schwarzer Peter m Italian: it asino m Japanese: ja 婆抜き, ja ババ抜き babanuki Norwegian: Bokmål: nb svarteper m Polish: pl piotruś m Portuguese: pt fedor m, pt jogo do mico m Russian: ru ве́дьма f /lit: witch/ Spanish: es culo sucio m, es poto sucio m Swedish: sv Svarte Petter Thai: th อีแก่กินน้ำ ii-gɛ̀ɛ-gin-náam, th อีแก่ ii-gɛ̀ɛ unmatchable card Finnish: fi Pekka, fi Musta Pekka Japanese: ja ババ baba Polish: pl piotruś m Portuguese: pt fede m, pt mico m Swedish: sv Svarte Petter Further reading Old Maid Anagrams en addilmo lamdoid miladdo en Card games