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单词 pocketless
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pocketlessadj.

Brit. /ˈpɒkɪtlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpɑkətləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pocket n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < pocket n. + -less suffix.
Without a pocket; having no pockets.
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1850 H. Melville White-jacket ix. 49 So, in the end, I masoned up my lockers and pantries; and save the two used for mittens, the white jacket ever after was pocketless.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 675/1 The cannon game in France is played on a pocketless table 8 feet by 4.
1905 W. D. Howells London Films ii. 20 How the ladies..managed, with their pocketless dresses, to carry coins unequalled in bulk since the iron currency of Sparta.
1953 C. de Banke Shakespearean Stage Production 201 In a pocketless age, the purse was indispensable.
2003 N. Rush Mortals xv. 218 It was his fault that she kept giving him pocketless robes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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