Victorian Script decipher............

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How about: 'Previously on the shelf'?

Spinster would have begun as a reference to any unmarried woman of any age who had to earn her own living [by spinning for example].

Once she got married she was therefore officially considered to be a 'kept' woman.

Love,

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We have an expression 'old maid' but that is reserved for the elderly.

And for men to use because 'maid' is easier to spell than 'spinster'.

Love,

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