Definitions

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  • adjective Without cargo.

Etymologies

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cargo +‎ -less

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Examples

  • A moment later they were riding under the stern of a broad, cargoless barge, plumb up against the water-lapped piles of the dock.

    Truxton King A Story of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • A cargoless train chugged into a newly built station in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday after a 47-mile 75-kilometer trial run from the border with Uzbekistan, said Deputy Public Works Minister Noor Gul Mangal, who was on hand for the arrival.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By KAY JOHNSON 2011

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