Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without drink; having nothing to drink.
- [Fairfax MS. Other MSS. have drinkless.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of drink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without a
drink , withoutdrinks .
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Examples
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Sleepless, almost foodless, and absolutely drinkless, he was everywhere.
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels Stephen Leacock 1906
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I proudly displayed it on the subway, at Nedick's and Chock full o'Nuts and the Automat, in garment-district cafeterias, at the juice stand in the passage from the IRT to the shuttle at Grand Central, in the car care of the 5: 50 express home (drinkless but trying to outsmoke everybody), maybe once or twice at some dump on St. Mark's pace that advertised Acapulco Gold ice cream.
A Striped Armchair 2009
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At one of the meet-and-greets, Ham is standing drinkless, as usual, sporting a polo shirt, chatting with a few people he knows and some he's just met.
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At one of the meet-and-greets, Ham is standing drinkless, as usual, sporting a polo shirt, chatting with a few people he knows and some he’s just met.
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I proudly displayed it on the subway, at Nedick's and Chock full o' Nuts and the Automat, in garment-district cafeterias, at the juice stand in the passage from the IRT to the shuttle at Grand Central, in the bar car of the 5:30 express home drinkless but trying to outsmoke everybody), maybe once or twice at some dump on St. Mark's Place that advertised Acapulco Gold ice cream);
Essayistic Jenny Davidson 2005
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I proudly displayed it on the subway, at Nedick's and Chock full o' Nuts and the Automat, in garment-district cafeterias, at the juice stand in the passage from the IRT to the shuttle at Grand Central, in the bar car of the 5:30 express home drinkless but trying to outsmoke everybody), maybe once or twice at some dump on St. Mark's Place that advertised Acapulco Gold ice cream);
Archive 2005-09-01 Jenny Davidson 2005
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