grubless

So to the Committee of Safety Charles went, privily to drop a flea in its ear concerning Tarwater's grubless, moneyless, and aged condition.

LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES 2010

This morning, with three hundred grubless men aboard.

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He saw two great open barges being filled up with men, and, on inquiry, learned that these were grubless ones being rounded up and sent down the Yukon by the Committee of Safety.

LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES 2010

The men on the shore filled the air with good-luck farewells and last advice, but the three hundred grubless ones, turning their backs on the golden dream, were moody and dispirited, and made small response.

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I imagine that fortune, not his pains, is to be thanked for his grubless trees.

Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Various

Jack, too, was jubilant to be leaving that "goldless, grubless spot."

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

He saw two great open barges being filled up with men, and, on inquiry, learned that these were grubless ones being rounded up and sent down the Yukon by the Committee of Safety.

Like Argus of the Ancient Times 1918

So to the Committee of Safety Charles went, privily to drop a flea in its ear concerning Tarwater's grubless, moneyless, and aged condition.

Like Argus of the Ancient Times 1918

Maria de la Concepcion assures the Court that the arresting officer is a dog and worse than a dog; he is the broken mustaches of a gutter cat, a grubless buzzard, a wingless pelican; that the truth is not in him; and, furthermore, that she was not drunk.

Lawgivers 1914

There's been nothing to buy, you know, and this outfit was hung up here grubless.

Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Will Levington Comfort 1905