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单词 mineless
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minelessadj.

Brit. /ˈmʌɪnlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmaɪnlᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mine n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < mine n. + -less suffix.
rare.
Without mines (in various senses).
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1614 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Little Bartas in tr. J. Bertaut Parl. Vertues Royal 248 There, without stroak to conquer in the Field; And, Mine-less make their tumbling Walls to yeeld.
1828 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed (ed. 2) i. 59 Sweet Wilks and eloquential Moore Dug golden mines upon a mineless shore!
1924 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 18 590 The voyage was coastwise on mineless seas.
1988 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 2 Feb. 45 (heading) Northgate's two sales leave it mineless miner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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