Meanings
- not comparableWithout waffles.
I had somehow received the impression that waffle shops would be found on every corner and would have to be avoided rather than searched out. Until this moment our hunt had been absolutely waffleless.
1928, Adèle de Leeuw, “Amsterdam”, in The Flavor of Holland, New York, N.Y.; London: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 742 more examples
They mixed new batter . . . only to have the first waffle of the new batch run all over the iron. Finally they ate—but it was ice cream to which they resorted. […] [W]e propose to outline a few hints which will help to avert a repetition of a “waffleless” waffle party.
1944 September 19, Ruth Miller, “Marine S.O.S. Brings Aid on Waffles”, in The Christian Science Monitor […], Atlantic edition, volume XXXVI, number 249, Boston, Mass.: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 6One of her older sisters was shrieking about no hot water, and the dog had just eaten all the lunches her mom had set out on the counter. Pandemonium. Crises galore. Heaven. Then it faded into reality. Great. Another delusion. She wasn't fourteen again. She was twenty-seven. Divorced. Emotionally damaged. Broke. Waffleless.
2017, Stephanie Rowe, chapter 11, in Paws Up for Love (Canine Cupids; 3), [Walnut, Calif.]: Authenticity Playground, →ISBN
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