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last-nameless

last-nameless adjective: without a last name.

Adjective

last-nameless (not comparable)

  1. Without a last name.
    • She and her roommate Linda, a strikingly handsome dark-haired girl who prefers to be last-nameless, have decorated it with a loving carelessness, covering walls with posters and photographs and cartoons, the floor with Oriental rugs, and every available space with Victoriana and assorted...1969 February 23, Michael Lydon, “Every Moment Site Is What She Feels; The Janis Joplin philosophy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    • Accenting the evening’s bi-coastal theme (Kelly and last-nameless Lach representing the Greenwich Village “anti-folk” scene, locals Milo Binder and Marvin Etzioni representing the L.A. new--don’t call it “nu"--folk scene), Kelly offered his own “California Blues"--essentially a wily update of Woody...1989 January 10, Steve Hochman, “POP MUSIC REVIEW : Bicoastal Anti-Folk of Kirk Kelly at Gaslight”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Examples of last-nameless in a sentence

  • The meanest gossips even said that a number of the models who go last-nameless had gotten fat.1995 November 2, Mimi Avins, “A Declining Face Value”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN...
  • Cindy, an athletic, and unusually American-looking, model from Illinois, was the only other girl to commonly go last-nameless.2003 April 7, Alex Williams, “We Three Queens”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10...

Origin of last-nameless

From last name + -less.

Questions about last-nameless

What does last-nameless mean?
Last-nameless means without a last name.
How do you use last-nameless in a sentence?
The meanest gossips even said that a number of the models who go last-nameless had gotten fat.
What part of speech is last-nameless?
Last-nameless is an adjective.

Words near last-nameless in the dictionary

  1. last-in-first-out
  2. last-mentioned
  3. last-minute
  4. last-name
  5. last-named
  6. last-nameless
  7. last-names
  8. last-naming
  9. last-time
  10. last-to-last
  11. last-wordism

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