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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

nipless en · ADJ

Etymology

From nip + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) With a nip or nips (in various senses).
    • [A]ll of these series of springs were built with leaves that were practically "nipless". 1918, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 185, Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute, page 491:
    • Just to spite himself, he stowed the bottle away in his bag and went nipless to bed. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 16:
    • Nipless. Remember the lad who smashed a Spencer st. wine saloon window to get his weekend nip? 1952 May 1, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2: