单词 | bread-and-butterless |
释义 | > as lemmasˌbread-and-ˈbutterless ˌbread-and-ˈbutterless adj. somewhat rare having no bread and butter; without bread and butter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food meatlessOE fleshlessc1394 foodlessc1450 supperless1509 baitless1600 victless?1615 provisionless1781 cornless1828 appleless1830 victual-less1831 bread-and-butterless1850 faggotless1867 tuckerless1937 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxv. 253 He..sate..rapt in wonder, tea-less, and bread-and-butterless. 1912 ‘Saki’ Unbearable Bassington (1928) vi. 76 He incurs the odium of reducing us to a bread-and-butterless condition. 2018 @Fortwire 17 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 26 June 2020) Some people are just insane, dancing for their bread and butter-less breakfast. < as lemmas |
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