bachelorhood

He was old enough to be twitted for bachelorhood, and to lay the blame upon an outdoor and out-of-town profession.

His continued bachelorhood was a mystery of which not even she possessed the key.

The General had married, in late bachelorhood, a young wife.

That his bachelorhood was a matter of choice and not necessity was a point upon which all of East Wellmouth agreed.

If he had had the courage, Joseph Sedley's bachelorhood would have been at an end.