单词 | briefless |
释义 | briefless (once / 38375 pages) adj WORD FAMILY brief: briefed, briefer, briefest, briefing, briefless, briefly, briefness, briefs+/briefing: briefings USAGE EXAMPLES"Better be a successful attorney, madam, than a briefless barrister," he observed, when she finished. Wood, Mrs. Henry, The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1...(2012) The broken merchant, the ambitious weaver, the briefless lawyer, the literary tailor are speedily sunk, in “we,” and “our sheet,” and “our columns,” and “our-self.” School, A Sexton of the Old, Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (o...(2012) In London you certainly were a briefless barrister. Campbell, Theophila Carlile, The Battle of The Press—As Told in...(2011) adj (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients Syn patronless, unpatronised, unpatronized having little patronage or few clients |
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