单词 | shopless |
释义 | shoplessadj. Lacking in shops; without a shop. ΚΠ 1820 Republican 23 June 297 I prefer a legislature comprising the wealth, the talent, and the education of the realm, to a Radical Directory of shoeless Cobblers, and shopless Apothecaries. 1888 H. Drummond Trop. Afr. 5 An immense outfit is required to penetrate this shopless and foodless land, and here only can the traveller make up his caravan. 1922 W. L. George Her Unwelcome Husband i. 3 The country meant mud over the instep; it meant an awful, shopless, busless, movieless world. 1963 Times 7 Sept. 13/4 The growing trend of ‘shopless shopping’ via mail order. 2011 D. Emmons Wild Flavors 130 I'm not sure what prompted the start of Eva's shopless lifestyle..—perhaps her distaste for supermarkets, her lack of time, or both. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1820 |
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