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dinnerless

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Without dinner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1944, Frederick Niven, The Transplanted, Toronto: Collins, Part 2, Chapter 7, He had been compelled to sit at a table that was not “serviced” by Marion. Had he waited till a place was free at one of her tables he might have gone dinnerless as the doors would soon be closing.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From dinner + -less.