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Definition of Foodless
1. Adjective. Being without food.
Definition of Foodless
1. a. Without food; barren.
Definition of Foodless
1. Adjective. Lacking food. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foodless
1. food [adj] - See also: food
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foodless
Literary usage of Foodless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Africa from South to North Through Marotseland by Alfred St. Hill Gibbons (1904)
"... Preparation for a land journey — An inhospitable country — The boys foodless —
A dismal prospect—A reconnoitring expedition— Progress under difficulties ..."
2. The Land of the Nile Springs: Being Chiefly an Account of how We Fought Kabarega by Henry Edward Colvile (1895)
"... Kikuyu — Colonisation — foodless tract—Open despatches—Decide to hurry—Masai.
the 4th of August 1893, I received a telegram from the War Office, ..."
3. The Convict King: Being the Life and Adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson, Monarch by Jørgen Jürgensen, James Francis Hogan (1891)
"... and Buried—Appalling Scene of Devastation—Stopped by Impenetrable Scrub —Fatal
Attempt to Cross a River—foodless for Four Days—Devouring a Dog-Fish. ..."
4. Under the African Sun; a Description of the Native Races in Uganda, Sporting by William John Ansorge, Ernst Hartert (1899)
"A better insight into the risks of travelling through a foodless region, ...
The foodless belt was a greater protection to them than the Great Wall of China ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"I done nothin' the day before" (and this implies that he had been penniless and
practically foodless), "and to-day 1 earned four bob. ..."
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