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wageless, a.|ˈweɪdʒlɪs|
[f. wage n. + -less.]
†1. That does not pay a wage or recompense.
1615[see taxless a.].
2. That does not earn or receive wages. Also wagesless (rare).
1828Lytton Pelham xlix, Some intrusive, ragamuffin, wagesless lackey. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iii. xii. (1858) 232 By unwearied, valiant, and were it wageless effort, in my Parliament, and in my Parish, I would aid [etc.]. 1853Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour lxiii. (1893) 335 In came Peter, one of the wageless footmen, with candles. 1889Gissing Nether World II. 18 Employed on piece-work, they might at any moment find themselves wageless.
Hence ˈwagelessness.
1913Spectator 14 June 1004/1 It is impossible..to make up the amount..after several weeks of idleness and wagelessness. |