2. Adjective. Without a gratuity. ¹
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Definition of Tipless
1. having no point or extremity [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tipless
Literary usage of Tipless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"The Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company make tipless switchboard lamps of the
... These lamps are tipless, that is, rounded off on the front end, which, ..."
2. The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America by William Rufus Scott (1916)
"Then the reason for not running a tipless hotel is stated to be that " a small
but certain per cent. of its guests will tip in spite of all rules. ..."
3. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1909)
"... fireproof asbestos-covered wire and tipless lamps of both carbon and tungsten
types, as manufactured by the tipless Lamp Company. ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"tipless London. Ind. 75: 110-1. Jl. 10, '13. Kee al«o Cabarets; Hotels.
Restoration of books. See Books—Conservation and restoration. Restraint of trade. ..."
5. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1917)
"Out of the far wings came a figure of a man, crossing the narrowed space to halt
midway of the stage, close up to the tin gutter where the tipless prongs of ..."
6. Railroad Traffic and Rates by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1911)
"One company, for instance, operating between St. Louis and Peoria, 111., advertises
reduced berth fares, a free breakfast, and " tipless porters " as ..."
7. Railroad Traffic and Rates by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1911)
"One company, for instance, operating between St. Louis and Peoria, 111., advertises
reduced berth fares, a free breakfast, and " tipless porters " as ..."
8. Factory Organization and Administration by Hugo Diemer (1921)
"For delicate work, the so-called "tipless" incandescent lamp provides the most
perfect illumination, being free from the circles of darkness that are cast ..."
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