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roachless

roachless adjective: without a roach (part of a sail).

Adjective

roachless (not comparable)

  1. Without a roach (part of a sail).
  2. (US) Without cockroaches.
    • There is no end of the headings you can devise using “roach” in each, thus: The roach dies. Doom of roaches. Roaches no more. No roaches left. The end of roaches. Who has roaches. Roachless houses. Not one roach. Roaches will go. No roach escapes.1900 September 10, “Tell It in the Headline”, in American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record, volume XXXVII, number 5 (whole 457), New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill., page 143, column 1
    • Since introducing HARRIS ROACH TABLETS many testimonials have been received by boosters who have tried the successful method of ridding your home of roaches. For a ROACHLESS HOUSE try “HARRIS ROACH TABLETS.”1942 August 7, “Harris Roach Tablets Sure Death to Roaches”, in Tampa Morning Tribune, 49th year, number 219, Tampa, Fla., page nine

Origin of roachless

From roach + -less.

Questions about roachless

What does roachless mean?
Roachless means without a roach (part of a sail).
What part of speech is roachless?
Roachless is an adjective.

Words near roachless in the dictionary

  1. roachicide
  2. roachicides
  3. roachification
  4. roaching
  5. roaching out
  6. roachless
  7. roachlike
  8. Roachs
  9. roachy
  10. road
  11. road accident

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