meallessadj.
/ˈmiːlləs/, U.S. /ˈmi(l)ləs/ rare.
Without (eating) a meal.
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1846 Godey's Lady's Bk. Aug. 55 A few mealless juveniles, (we had almost said ragged ones..but the poorest people here certainly do not attempt to wear them [sc. rags] in public..).
1894 Season 10 57/2 Many men unnecessarily exhaust themselves by going a whole day mealless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1846- to give a person one's hat
- to give a person one's mother for a maid
- to give a person one's word
- to give a person out
- to give a person pelters
- to give a person picong
- to give a person plenty of rope to hang himself
- to give a person rats
- to give a person road
- to give a person roast meat and beat etc with the spit
- to give a person roast meat and beat her with the spit
- to give a person roast meat and beat him with the spit
- to give a person roast meat and beat with the spit
- to give a person rope
- to give a person rope to hang himself
- to give a person running shoes
- to give a person sauce
- to give a person shit
- to give a person some one's compliments
- to give a person some one's kind regards
- to give a person some one's love
- to give a person some slack
- to give a person some sugar
- to give a person swinge
- to give a person the air