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Sarah L. Crowder's avatar

What about "a faded spinster of indeterminate age," which is the age of every anxious governess?

AmZ's avatar

A score years hence, we may add "Balzac-aged woman"

J. Woods's avatar

Une femme d’un certain age

astronaut pants's avatar

A fortune hunter is exactly my age, thank you

J. Woods's avatar

“A scrap of muslin.”