lettuceless en · ADJ
Etymology
From lettuce + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without lettuce.
Poor little thing is so innocent and sweet. But he is destroying the lettuces I raised and planted. And so I must kill him or go lettuceless.
1975, John Steinbeck, A Life in Letters:The various ingredients were combined into a sort of lettuceless salad, the mixture was chopped up, and then divided.
1944, anonymous author, Escape from Königstein: