Definition of "dinnerless" []

• Without dinner. (adjective)

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• "Finally, Sophia put dinnerless to bed and Desdemona a little mollified, he got his drink."
• "Miss Margland and Indiana, in secret exultation at his dinnerless state, had glided, with silent simpering, past him, flew to beseech his consent to take some nourishment."
• "On Friday I went to Port Lyttelton, meeting on the way many of our late fellow-passengers — some despondent, some hopeful; one or two dinnerless and in the dumps when we first encountered them, but dinnered and hopeful when we met them again on our return."