Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without room or rooms; not affording space; contracted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being without room or rooms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without a
room .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Adams accepted the hospitality of the sleeper, with deep gratitude, the more because his first struggle with a sleeping-car made him doubt the valueto himof a Pullman civilisation; but he was even more grateful for the shelter of Mr. Evartss house in H Street at the corner of Fourteenth, where he abode in safety and content till he found rooms in the roomless village.
The Press (1868) 1918
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A vague remembrance of the well-known story how a man and his dog had arrived at the Granby Hotel, at Harrowgate, and been sent away roomless to the other and less patrician establishment, because, while he had a dog, he had not a servant; when, five minutes after such dismissal, came carriages and lackeys and an imperious valet, asking for his grace the
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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