hamperless

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adjective

Without a hamper (basket of food, etc.).

“September 1868, Oscar Wilde:, letter to his mother […] ye delight of two boys at ye hamper and the sorrow of ye hamperless boy.”

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Meanings

adjectivehamperless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a hamper (basket of food, etc.).

    September 1868, Oscar Wilde:, letter to his mother […] ye delight of two boys at ye hamper and the sorrow of ye hamperless boy.

    1 more example

    For those, including us, who had come to the sale hamperless, relief was at hand in a refreshments marquee that had been put up near the thatched cottages.

    1980, The New Yorker (volume 56, part 4, page 26)

Origin

From hamper + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

hamperless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hamperless

MLA

“hamperless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hamperless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hamperless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hamperless.

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