Definitions
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- adjective Without a
coil or coils.
Etymologies
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coil + -less
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Examples
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You can also use coilless pins, orthodontic rubber bands, contrasting yarn loops, paper clips, or rubber rings found at the hardware store.
A Passion for Knitting Nancy J. Thomas 2002
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The guns were supposed to be re-coilless, but then neither Larsen nor Palermo was much given to taking chances.
Seawitch MacLean, Alistair 1977
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That was the Company, too; the huge shell-armored beasts had become virtually extinct in the Konk Isthmus now, since the introduction of bazookas and re-coilless rifles.
Uller Uprising Piper, H. Beam 1952
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