Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ignorant; unlearned.
- Without a clerk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Unlearned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without
clerks . - adjective obsolete
uneducated
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Royall, though monosyllabic at home, was not averse, in certain moods, to imparting his views to his fellow-townsmen; perhaps, also, he was unwilling that his rare clients should surprise him sitting, clerkless and unoccupied, in his dusty office.
Summer; a novel 1917
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Mr. Royall, though monosyllabic at home, was not averse, in certain moods, to imparting his views to his fellow-townsmen; perhaps, also, he was unwilling that his rare clients should surprise him sitting, clerkless and unoccupied, in his dusty office.
Summer Edith Wharton 1899
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(Clerquette is unsure whether, as a technical matter, this would mean nominating a successor who turned out to be entirely different than he or she appeared, or actually replacing Souter with a liberal jurist.) inter alia) Clerquette's co-blogress, as well and our friends at Above the Law, that Souter's ongoing clerkless-ness was a sign that he was down to his last few forks, Clerquette cannot help feeling somewhat shocked - shocked!
Underneath Their Robes Clerquette LeClerq 2009
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