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Definition of Frockless
1. a. Destitute of a frock.
Definition of Frockless
1. Adjective. Without a frock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frockless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frockless
Literary usage of Frockless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"... it was chilling to the blood and unseemly to the eye to stand frockless whilst
I made my orisons. He had scarce got them on, and it was a sore labour, ..."
2. Rich and Poor by Helen Dendy Bosanquet (1896)
"... then—if none of the tribe are absolutely bootless and frockless—the housewife
can turn her attention to food. Here, of course, one can give no details ..."
3. The Savoy: An Illustrated Monthly by Arthur Symons (1896)
"... garden- gods—all took a strange tinge of revelry from the glare of the light
that fell upon them from the feast. The frockless Helen and Fanfreluche, ..."
4. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1900)
"... frocked than frockless; but seeketh after him whose conversation is the more
peaceful, more civil, more loyal, and more profitable. ..."
5. The New General and Mining Telegraph Code by Charles Algernon Moreing, Thomas Neal (1907)
"Invested (continued) 12866 frockless . Invested in machinery 12867 Frogbit .
Invested in the mine 12868 ..."
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