Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lacking the lower jaw.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Having no lower
jaw ;fleshless .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Why, een so, and now my Lady Worms; chapless, and knocked about the mazzard with a sextons spade.
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Why, een so; and now my Lady Worms; chapless, and knockd about the mazzard8 with a sextons spade.
Act V. Scene I 1909
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Why, e'en so: and now my Lady Worm's; chapless, and knocked about the mazzard with a sexton's spade: here's fine revolution, an we had the trick to see't.
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Why, e'en so: and now my Lady Worm's; chapless, and knocked about the mazard with a sexton's spade: here's fine revolution, an we had the trick to see't.
Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590
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Why, e'en so: and now my lady Worm's; chapless, and knock'd about the mazzard with a sexton's spade: Here's fine revolution, & n we had the trick to see't.
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funny how "assless chaps" and "chapless ass" end up being the same thing.
Individualism: Innovation or Absurdity? BikeSnobNYC 2009
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