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Definition of Breadless
1. a. Without bread; destitute of food.
Definition of Breadless
1. Adjective. without bread ¹
2. Adjective. (context: by extension) without food ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Breadless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breadless
Literary usage of Breadless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress & Resources by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1856)
"Again, if there be two breadless to the one owning a reserved supply, and if that
supply suffices but for one besides the possessor, is it not evident that ..."
2. Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein (1906)
"Breadless. When will he be buried? —On the eve of the day after to-morrow, with
spades and with shovels. The Cuckoo is the gravedigger, the Stork is the ..."
3. The Poems of Heine: Complete by Heinrich Heine (1866)
"Breadless ART. HOW soon my poverty would ended be, Could I the pencil use, and
paint away, The walls of castles proud and churches gay Adorning with my ..."
4. Records of the Borough of Leicester: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Mary Bateson, William Henry Stevenson, John Edward Stocks (1901)
"In 1357 bakers were warned that if any flour were found in their houses when the
town was breadless they would forfeit it ..."
5. The Father's Tragedy: William Rufus : Loyalty Or Love? by Michael Field (1886)
"Some folks alive Would keep a body breadless, and that's cold ; For breadless,
cold, and dead are all one thing. They tried to starve me in a prison once. ..."
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