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pancakeless

pancakeless adjective: without pancakes.

Adjective

pancakeless (not comparable)

  1. Without pancakes.
    • Pancake after pancake fell spluttering on the coals, and Andrée with consternation saw the batter in the bowl gradually disappearing while she still remained pancakeless.1890 August 18, Frank Howard Howe, chapter IX, in Thy Name Is Woman (The Belford American Novel Series; 12), New York, N.Y.: Belford Company, →OCLC, page 95
    • At last in desperation Ezra fed him [the pig] the pancake batter. […] Captain Ellis left his pancakeless breakfast hurriedly, and went to piggy’s assistance.1910 August, Clifford V. Gregory, “The Retirement of Capt. Ellis”, in E. E. Faville, editor, Successful Farming, Des Moines, Ia.: Successful Farming Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36, column 2

Origin of pancakeless

From pancake + -less.

Questions about pancakeless

What does pancakeless mean?
Pancakeless means without pancakes.
What part of speech is pancakeless?
Pancakeless is an adjective.

Words near pancakeless in the dictionary

  1. pancake turner
  2. pancake turners
  3. pancake-maker
  4. pancake-makers
  5. pancaked
  6. pancakeless
  7. pancakelike
  8. pancakes
  9. pancakey
  10. pancaking
  11. pancaky

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