toasterless

Adjective

toasterless (not comparable)

1. Without a toaster.
   • The Curtis Publishing Company estimates 5,930,000 weddings for the toasterless era from 1942 through 1945. A “Toastmaster” toaster is the first gift wish of millions of these brides.1945 November, Toastmaster, “Toastmaster Times”, in Electrical Merchandising, volume 74, number 5, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 97
   • Shopping to replace a toaster, I notice couples in the department store, discussing their bridal registries. I want to stop, call out—don’t do it, listen to my story. I realize: it’s June. And, toasterless, return home.1999, Wendy Bishop, “Where I Live(d)”, in When We Say We’re Home: A Quartet of Place and Memory, Salt Lake City, Ut.: University of Utah Press, →ISBN, page 263