| Sheba is branded a harlot in the press and forced to quit her job and flee the family home, which she does with Barbara Covett, the school's spinsterish history teacher. |
| A wiry little girl in a starched, lemon-colored party dress, she sassed along with a grownup mince, one hand on her hip, the other supporting a spinsterish umbrella. |
| Edith and her sister were trapped in spinsterish lives, caring for their selfish, manipulative mother. |
| Brian told the secretary, a comically spinsterish woman with a bun and glasses, that they were there for Mr. Mallard. |
