Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no silver; without money; impecunious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without any
money ;impecunious ;broke .
Etymologies
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silver + -less
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Examples
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They accepted no pay for their services and were, therefore, called anargyroi, "the silverless".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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"silverless martyrs" -- that is, physicians who took no fee from those whom they cured, but only stipulated that they should believe in
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan
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