Definitions

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  • adjective Not containing crumbs; without crumbs.
  • adjective That does not produce crumbs.

Etymologies

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crumb +‎ -less

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Examples

  • He glanced down at his plate, which was now crumbless.

    Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

  • He glanced down at his plate, which was now crumbless.

    Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

  • He glanced down at his plate, which was now crumbless.

    Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

  • And he had grave doubts about the promise printed underneath: "Guaranteed crumbless."

    The Wind from The Sun Clarke, Arthur C. 1962

  • The carpet was as crumbless and lintless as if meals were never taken there nor work seen; and yet a little table ready set for dinner forbade the one conclusion, and a huge basket of naperies in one corner showed that Miss Janet's industry did not spend itself in housework alone.

    The Wide, Wide World 1892

  • My dear Madam, we do not live on spotless linen, and crumbless carpets.

    Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow 1893

  • On one occasion when he was keeping "bachelor's hall" or "baching" as he called it, he went to his room in the evening moneyless and crumbless.

    Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising 1887

  • The carpet was as crumbless and lintless as if meals were never taken there, nor work seen; and yet a little table ready set for dinner forbade the one conclusion, and a huge basket of naperies in one corner showed that Miss Janet's industry did not spend itself in housework alone.

    The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852

  • The carpet was as crumbless and lintless as if meals were never taken there nor work seen; and yet a little table ready set for dinner forbade the one conclusion, and a huge basket of naperies in one corner showed that Miss Janet's industry did not spend itself in housework alone.

    The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852

  • We were carried through refectories, bare and crumbless; into cells over whose doors the conventual name of the occupant was written.

    Curious, if True Strange Tales Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

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