ice-creamless

alternative ice creamless · alternative icecreamless

1. not comparableWithout ice cream.

   Circle, Alaska, is now on an ice-cream route. The delicacy comes from Seattle and sells at $1.75 a quart. Hitherto the Arctic żone has been ice-creamless.

   1927 January 2, L.H.R., “Old Year Completes Job and Hobbies Hence”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   ‘[…] The bugger’s just eaten my Cornetto!’ With a sigh, April scrambled to her feet. Holding on to her bikini and following the ice-creamless man, she side-stepped dozens of family groups before locating Cair Paravel.

   2000, Christina Jones, chapter 15, in Nothing to Lose, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2001, →ISBN, page 193

   I glance over at the ice cream counter. “They don’t have peppermint,” I say. “They have mint chocolate chip,” says Dad. “Not the same,” I say. Olive looks at me sympathetically. I sit down and join the family ice cream table, ice-creamless.

   2012, Melissa Walker, chapter 26, in Unbreak My Heart, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 149