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Definition of Dinnerless
1. a. Having no dinner.
Definition of Dinnerless
1. Adjective. Without dinner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dinnerless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinnerless
Literary usage of Dinnerless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"This soon became known as dining with Duke Humphrey, and a monument (really that
of Sir John Beauchamp) was pointed out as his, »hum the dinnerless adopted ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"Divided on motion for adjournment, and only thereafter the Lord Advocate, still
dinnerless and increasingly apologetic, stated his case. ..."
3. The Growth of the Idylls of the King by Richard Jones (1895)
"K. Then mark'd the mowers labouring dinnerless, ‘57. Then with another humourous
ruth remark'd The lusty mowers labouring dinnerless, (129, 13. ..."
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