placklessadj.
/ˈplakləs/, U.S. /ˈplækləs/, Scottish English /ˈplakləs/ Scottish. Now rare.
Penniless.
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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
1786 R. Burns Poems 27 Poor, plackless devils like mysel.
1804 W. Tarras Poems 23 The case is clear, my pouch is plackless..That saves me frae the sessin's glamack.
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 161 In cottages Where poor folk plackless gae.
1848 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Jan. 21 The sincere congratulations of Mr McClatchie..on the departure of the ‘graceless, plackless, randy creature’.
1918 Kelso Chron. 3 May 2 He went from the mundane sphere plackless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1786