Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of honey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of honey.
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- adjective Without
honey .
Etymologies
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Examples
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During commercial breaks, she made herself honeyless green tea, imagined the bulbous grey nests growing in the attic, amassing additional layers, until the tip of her home was saturated with the winged insects.
Paper Lanterns Peter Kispert 2011
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He bought all the equipment — the boxes, the bees, the protective beekeeper uniform — only to have his bees mysteriously fly the coup, or rather the hive, leaving him bereft, honeyless and with lots of bills — and not once, but two years in a row!
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They might have been, in the all-permeating glory on their hill terrace, with the sapphire-circled plain around -- they might have been the two youngest citizens of Paradise, circled in for ever from bleak honeyless winter, bleak honeyless hearts.
Gone to Earth Mary Gladys Meredith Webb 1904
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Re: Homer - We will eat soy and honeyless baked goods.
News for Charlottesville Daily Progress Charlottesville Daily Progress 2010
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