Definitions

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  • adjective Without paws.

Etymologies

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paw +‎ -less

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Examples

  • At least he had worked his way into his craziness slowly, subscribing first to Smithsonian magazine and only later to newsletters with pictures of starved, manacled horses and pawless animals with startled eyes—material she was embarrassed to have delivered to the house.

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

  • Kneeling by the headless, pawless body of Eland's second beast,

    Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

  • The bunnies hang on the wall, pawless or armless, spattered with red paint.

    Tucson Weekly 2010

  • LAST DROP GONE: Roxy was left pawless after drinking four litres of cask wine last Wednesday night.

    CRUSADER RABBIT 2008

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