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drainless [dreyn-lis] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
Origin of drainless First recorded in 1810–20; drain + -less Examples from the Web for drainless Historical Examples of drainless
The result of this drainless irrigation is an efflorescence of salt on the surface of the field.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7
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A drainless shower Of light is poesy; ’tis the supreme power; ‘Tis might half-slumb’ring on its own right arm.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature – 4. Naturalism in England
Georg Brandes
A drainless shower Of light is poesy; ’tis the supreme of power; ‘Tis might half slumb’ring on its own right arm.
John Keats