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单词 lunchless
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lunchlessadj.

Etymology: < lunch n.2 + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlunchless.
Having had no lunch; without lunch.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food > without specific meal or food
dinnerless1566
breakfastless1797
soupless1821
tealess1821
lunchless1904
1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 339 I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front.
1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery iii. i. 244 Sitting lunchless in the hall of his hotel.
1958 E. Newby Short Walk in Hindu Kush ii. 17 In my lunchless state I envied them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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