doglessadj.
/ˈdɒɡlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡlᵻs/, /ˈdɑɡlᵻs/ Without a dog.
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1834 New-Eng. Mag. Oct. 288 Byron, in portraying the utterly deserted state of Venice,..styles it ‘dogless city’, though the silly typographers have printed it ‘Dogeless’.
1854 J. G. Wood Sketches Animal Life 159 A sleeping dogless man.
1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted I. vii. 96 A catless, dogless household.
1908 ‘J. Flynt’ My Life iii. 45 ‘I've brought you a dog,’ said mother, and I jumped up with glee, being quite dogless at the time.
1969 R. Millar Kut v. 103 Spot was no Dog of War... He would take off for home, leaving his master dogless.
2004 Church Times 24 Sept. 11/1 My canine journey began somewhere in the roots of a dogless childhood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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