Definitions

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  • adjective Without vines.

Etymologies

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vine +‎ -less

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Examples

  • The valedictorian of a class, graduating as I entered college, told me a few months ago that he was building a trolley-line in Rome, and that, after all, Falernian wine, of which we who had never tasted wine out in that vineless region thought as some drink of the gods, was very bitter.

    The French in the Heart of America John Finley 1901

  • They breakfasted under a vineless arbor, which the hot noonday sun riddled with its rays.

    Ten Tales Fran��ois Copp��e 1875

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