Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without a spur, in any sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no spurs.
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- adjective Without
spurs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Have any of you folks ever seen a spurless Rooster?
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Have any of you folks ever seen a spurless Rooster?
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A hand to the bridle, a foot in the stirrup, and a light spring into the saddle, and the reins were gathered in one hand, and his spurless heels drove into the horse's dappled flanks.
A River So Long 2010
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She yanked free the slipknot with which Pylon had been tethered and turned him with one spurless foot.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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She urged Pylon to go faster yet, lightly thumping his sides with her spurless boots.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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She rode straight down the High Street, thumping her spurless heels at Pylon's sides until the big horse was fairly flying.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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A hand to the bridle, a foot in the stirrup, and a light spring into the saddle, and the reins were gathered in one hand, and his spurless heels drove into the horse's dappled flanks.
Brother Cadfael's Penance Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1994
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Rourke started for the Detonics .45 under his left arm, his nearest gun, wrestling the bike to the left with his left hand, the stainless Detonics coming into his hand, his thumb drawing back the semi-spurless hammer, the muzzle snaking forward to fire, his left hand free of the bike already reaching for the second of the two pistols under his right armpit.
The Quest Ahern, Jerry 1981
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Frantically he dug his spurless heels into the labouring sides of his mount.
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Imagine the feelings of two superb birds fighting over a winsome browny, to see her -- as I have done -- walk off with a spurless, half-plumaged young cock!
The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919
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