crosslessadj.
/ˈkrɒslɪs//ˈkrɔːslɪs/ Without a cross (in various senses of the word; as e.g. †without a coin, penniless).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [adjective] > having no guard
crossless1490
guardless1882
the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money
to the boneOE
silverlessc1325
pennilessc1330
moneylessc1400
impecunious1596
crossless1600
penceless1605
unmoneyed1606
coinless1614
emptya1643
out of pocket1679
money-bound1710
broke1716
embarrassed1744
stiver cramped1785
plackless1786
taper1789
poundlessa1794
shillingless1797
unpennied1804
fundless1809
impecuniary1814
hard up1821
soldier-thighed1825
cashless1833
stiverless1839
fly-blown1853
strapped1857
stick1859
tight1859
stone-broke1886
stony1886
oofless1888
stony-broke1890
motherless1906
penny-pinched1918
skinned1924
skint1925
on the beach1935
potless1936
boracic1959
uptight1967
brassic1982
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 63 A bystorye or wepen crysolite, as it were a lityl swerde crosseles.
1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood xxviii. 34 Three high-way standers, haueing cros-lesse cursse.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 256/2 Where man doth man within the Law betosse, Till some go croslesse home by Woodcocks Crosse.
1891 Church Times 4 Sept. 844/2 A Crossless Church, a religion without austerity, has never yet made headway.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1490