Re: About the word "spinster"

Helmut Richter wrote:

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Joachim Pense wrote:

The meaning 'empty' of "ledig" is not in use anymore.

Rather, it is used mainly in idioms

That's what I normally call "is not in use anymore". Agreed, that's sloppy
usage.

Joachim

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