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Definition of Sackless
1. a. Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent.
Definition of Sackless
1. Adjective. (context: provincial Northern England poetic or archaic) Blameless, guiltless, innocent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sackless
1. innocent [adj] - See also: innocent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sackless
Literary usage of Sackless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Grettir the Strong by Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris (1900)
"... and how Thorir of Garth would not that Grettir should be made sackless.
THORGILS Arison rode to the Thing with many men; and thither came all the great ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"A dumpy person, one that like a sack when full, Gall. Encycl.] sackless, adj. 1.
Useless, silly, f good for nothing; as, '' sackless m< Roxb. [2. ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"sackless, innocent, blameless. In this sense probably obsolete. ... He's a greet
sackless" or "He's a greet sackless cuddy." "It was laied to his charge, ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"Thank ye for no ganging growling awa' wi' thae sackless coot's—to seek your ...
107- " sackless callant ! sackless callant ! louping on the green tap o' ..."
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