Old Maid vs scythe

Old Maid

noun
  • The unmatchable card itself. 

  • 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. 

scythe

noun
  • The tenth Lenormand card. 

  • A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. 

  • An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. 

verb
  • To attack or injure as if cutting. 

  • To use a scythe. 

  • To cut with a scythe. 

  • To cut off as with a scythe; to mow. 

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