girl-lessadj.
/ˈɡəːlləs/, U.S. /ˈɡər(l)ləs/ Without a girl or girls; devoid of girls.
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the world > people > person > child > girl > [adjective] > without or devoid of girl(s)
girl-less1857
1857 Racine (Wisconsin) Weekly Jrnl. 20 May He had vowed..that he would not return girl-less..and set forth like Don Quixote in search of adventure.
1903 Daily Chron. 15 Apr. 5/1 If ‘Harper's Weekly’ may be trusted, the girlless telephone will soon be as familiar as the horseless carriage or the boneless sardine.
1929 J. Masefield Hawbucks 147 It's a very girl-less neighbourhood.
1945 K. Tynan Let. 10 May (1994) i. 73 The party was now..augmented by Birmingham University Students, girl-less and eager.
2004 Church Times 2 Apr. 36/3 A nippy wind gives the bay tree a good thrashing; the girl-less horses rodeo around in thunderous bliss.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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