Definitions

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  • adjective rare Without a mug (drinking utensil).

Etymologies

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mug +‎ -less

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Examples

  • But Time had mowed down their sponsors, and Henry the Eighth had melted down their mugs; and they now hung, nameless and mugless, in the church – tower.

    The Chimes 2007

  • On the coffee cup day in question, she went on an extended rant about the mugless Starbucks and then just a couple posts later passed on Dershowitz's ridiculous argument that we should torture because it worked for the Nazis with barely an eye bat.

    In the nowhere of the blogosphere.... Ann Althouse 2007

  • "On the coffee cup day in question, she went on an extended rant about the mugless Starbucks and then just a couple posts later passed on Dershowitz's ridiculous argument that we should torture because it worked for the Nazis with barely an eye bat."

    In the nowhere of the blogosphere.... Ann Althouse 2007

  • Eighth had melted down their mugs; and they now hung, nameless and mugless, in the church tower.

    A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1892

  • But Time had mowed down their sponsors, and Henry the Eighth had melted down their mugs; and they now hung, nameless and mugless, in the church-tower.

    The Chimes 1844

  • But Time had mowed down their sponsors, and Henry the Eighth had melted down their mugs; and they now hung, nameless and mugless, in the church - tower.

    The Chimes Charles Dickens 1841

  • A mugless Jim and Dwight never bothered showing up, however, and begin to realize that a vengeful Kelly was the reason behind their poor performance review scores.

    Gawker: Defamer 2008

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