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hamperless

hamperless adjective: without a hamper (basket of food, etc.).

Adjective

hamperless (not comparable)

  1. Without a hamper (basket of food, etc.).
    • September 1868, Oscar Wilde:, letter to his mother
      […] ye delight of two boys at ye hamper and the sorrow of ye hamperless boy.
    • For those, including us, who had come to the sale hamperless, relief was at hand in a refreshments marquee that had been put up near the thatched cottages.1980, The New Yorker (volume 56, part 4, page 26)

Origin of hamperless

From hamper + -less.

Questions about hamperless

What does hamperless mean?
Hamperless means without a hamper (basket of food, etc.).
What part of speech is hamperless?
Hamperless is an adjective.

Words near hamperless in the dictionary

  1. hampereth
  2. hamperful
  3. hamperfuls
  4. hampering
  5. hamperings
  6. hamperless
  7. hampers
  8. hampersful
  9. hampersome
  10. Hampes
  11. hamplanet

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