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▪ I. ˈrubberless, a.1
[f. rubber n.1 11.]
Lacking rubber, or rubber tyres.
1884Longman's Mag. Mar. 486 The terrible jar which its rubberless wheels..communicated to the system of the rider. 1894Ibid. Sept. 495 A rubberless world, a hideous reality.
▪ II. ˈrubberless, a.2
[f. rubber n.2]
Without playing a rubber (at whist).
1891Miss C. Mitford Lett. & Rem. J. Mitford 99 Mr. Mills..had not undertaken a journey of some half-dozen miles..in order to be sent rubberless away. |