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toasterless en · ADJ

Etymology

From toaster + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without a toaster.
    • Unbelievably, the toaster disappeared almost immediately after the plate turned up. Loath to do a repeat microwave performance my parents suffered a toasterless week before that too was back in place on the kitchen workshop, plugged in and working perfectly. 2014, Mark Cunnington, “Part I: Lest We Forget”, in The Fear, [St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex]: Trio Publishing, →ISBN, page 53:
    • The Curtis Publishing Company estimates 5,930,000 weddings for the toasterless era from 1942 through 1945. A “Toastmaster” toaster is the first gift wish of millions of these brides. 1945 November, Toastmaster, “Toastmaster Times”, in Electrical Merchandising, volume 74, number 5, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 97:
    • Shopping to replace a toaster, I notice couples in the department store, discussing their bridal registries. I want to stop, call out—don’t do it, listen to my story. I realize: it’s June. And, toasterless, return home. 1999, Wendy Bishop, “Where I Live(d)”, in When We Say We’re Home: A Quartet of Place and Memory, Salt Lake City, Ut.: University of Utah Press, →ISBN, page 263: