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squidless en · ADJ

Etymology

From squid + -less.

Meanings

1. Without squid.
   • I know where they are, Murel told her. The water’s a bit shallower there too, and squidless, so it would be easier for me to come and go. No offense about the squid... 2009, McCaffrey, Anne, Deluge, page 281:
   • The birds find their own squid, although, after a long, squidless search, an individual may join other feeding albatrosses briefly. 1974, Wonders of the world of the albatross, page 51:
   • As I finish the last bite and begin to deal with the olive oil stains on my shirt, I am buoyed by the thought that the sort of New York joints that once went from being totally squidless to being buried in fried calamari will soon have pan bagnat as a familiar menu item. 2003, Trillin, Calvin, Feeding a yen: savoring local specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco, page 45:

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