vestal virgin



maid, maiden, old maid, spinster, vestal, virgin ,

   punning - acrostic, alliterative, anagram, assonant, chiming, corruption, double meaning, irony, malapropism, palindrome, play on words, pun, rhyming, spoonerism, uncertainty,

   spiralling - ascendant, ascending, circling, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulation, circumlocution, circumnavigation, climbing, cut-throat, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness,

   lunatic fringe - Bolshevik, Jacobin, aficionado, anarchist, buff, bug, crank, devotee, enthusiast, extreme left-winger, extremist, fan, fanatic, freak, infatuate,

   pursue - address, adhere to, angle for, ask for, aspire to, badger, bait, be into, be strong in, beat about for, beau, beset, carry on, chase, chase after,

   chessman - bishop, castle, king, knight, man, pawn, piece, queen, rook ,

   piping times - fair weather, golden age, good times, heaven, millennium, prosperity, sunshine, utopia ,

   mistreat - abuse, afflict, aggrieve, batter, befoul, bewitch, blight, bruise, brutalize, buffet, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage,

   be unfaithful - desert, fail, forsake, go back on, pass the buck, play ,

   yesteryear - bygone days, days gone by, former times, history, past, the past, times past, yesterday, yore ,

   woodwind quartet - Philharmonic, band, brass, combo, ensemble, group, jazz band, orchestra, quartet, quintet, sextet, steel band, string quartet, strings, symphony,