Definitions
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- adjective music
staffless - adjective Without
vertical staves .
Etymologies
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stave + -less
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Examples
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"Still not too late to make another friend at home," he said, stopping to pat the head of a mangy street cur that came crouching and wobbling toward him like a staveless little keg worried by scurries of wind.
The Two Vanrevels Booth Tarkington 1907
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