popcornless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

popcorn +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

popcornless (not comparable)

  1. Without popcorn.
    • 1997, Sarah Hurst, A shrimp learnt to whistle, →ISBN, page 59:
      The only way of seeing high-budget special effects in St Petersburg was to go to a cinema and sit in a cold, popcornless auditorium watching a dubbed Western film.
    • 2006, Rachel Hauck, Lost in NashVegas, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 105:
      Popcornless, I step inside the Ryman sanctuary, listening for sounds from the past—old Sam Jones preaching the gospel, the laughter and music of the Grand Ole Opry, or Minnie Pearl's "How-dee!"
    • 2016, Daniel E. Bender, The Animal Game, Harvard University Press, →ISBN:
      The Bronx Zoo elephants "settle into the strike's popcornless daze," joke one reporter.