Meanings
- not comparableWithout syrup.
Toward the end of the day of the second syrupless afternoon (the day of the seizure) Poor Tony Krause began to Withdraw^([sic]) from the cough syrup’s alchohol and codeine and demethylated morphine, […]
1996, David Foster Wallace, “14 November, Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment”, in Infinite Jest: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 3032 more examples
The punishments for negligence were varied and made as far as possible to suit the case of the delinquent, a butterless, gravyless or syrupless breakfast being the usual consequence of failure to be up in time.
1899 July 13, Mrs. A[lexander] J[effrey] M’Kelway [i.e., Lavinia Rutherford McKelway], “Children as Church Members. […]”, in A. J. McKelway, editor, Presbyterian Standard, volume XLI, number 27, Charlotte, N.C.: Presbyterian Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 4, column 1The waffles served on the 18th may be cooked the day before, reheated, and eaten without syrup, taking the place of the muffin. This is a saving of time, and furnishes a much less hearty hot bread. If desired the syrupless waffle might be used oftener.
1907 March, “Menu Recipes”, in Good Housekeeping, volume xliv, number 3 (341 overall), Springfield, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 330, column 1
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