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quarterless en · ADJ

Etymology

From quarter + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without quarter; merciless.
   • Many, long since outmatched in the quarterless battle for existence, still clung, bleached and ghastly, like upstanding skeletons... 1922, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan, Scribner's magazine, volume 72:
2. (US, not-comparable) That does not require quarters (coins) to operate