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English
Etymology
fire + -less
Adjective
fireless (not comparable)
- Without fire.
- a fireless cooker
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 262:Nungi, hungry and weary, had come to a fireless and supperless hut, and, after firemaking, was busy preparing supper for himself and Woona - she sitting calmly watching him.
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