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English
Etymology
From yak + -less.
Adjective
yakless (not comparable)
- Without a yak or yaks.
1989, Hotel & Catering Review, volume 19, page 42:But yaks are not found in Turkey, only in Afghanistan and Pakistan and so these fine people were rendered yakless in their new home.
2005 May 23, Ronald Wolfe, “Programme for change – Rose d’Or awards”, in The Stage:He says he’s got nothing against the Rose d’Or, it’s just that since he did the Himalayas he finds the Alps a bit too small and there aren’t enough yaks. He says it is a well-known fact that ice-caves are one of the most yakless environments on earth.
2008, Max Allan Collins, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Berkley Boulevard Books, →ISBN, page 183:The hooded Lin and Jonathan — yakless now — were leading the way. Up ahead was another gorge with its own small, rather unreliable-looking wooden bridge. Two yeti were carrying the unconscious O'Connell on a stretcher Lin had made […]
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