Definitions

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  • adjective Without a coil or coils.

Etymologies

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coil +‎ -less

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Examples

  • 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

  • The guns were supposed to be re-coilless, but then neither Larsen nor Palermo was much given to taking chances.

    Seawitch MacLean, Alistair 1977

  • 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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