leadlessadj.
/ˈlɛdləs/, U.S. /ˈlɛdləs/ Devoid of lead.
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1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 466 When Little's leadless pistol met his eye.
1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. 127 Gentlemen, whose seconds take care that they fight with leadless pistols.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 2/1 The itinerant vendor of plaster busts and leadless pencils.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 14 June 2/2 Messrs. Minton..have already taken steps..to discover a leadless glaze.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1809- to sell a dummy
- to sell a gold brick
- to sell a packet
- to sell a person a gold brick
- to sell a person a packet
- to sell a person a pup
- to sell a person down the river
- to sell a person south
- to sell a pig in a poke
- to sell a pup
- to sell and buy
- to sell another's act dear
- to sell another's an offence dear
- to sell any one a bargain
- to proclaim peace
- to proclaim something from the house-top
- to proclaim something from the house-tops
- to proclaim something from the housetop
- to proclaim something from the housetops
- to proclaim something on the house-top
- to proclaim something on the house-tops
- to proclaim something on the housetop
- to proclaim something on the housetops
- to proclaim something upon the house-top
- to proclaim something upon the house-tops