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jagless

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Etymology

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From jag +‎ -less.

Adjective

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jagless (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Without a jag, or drinking spree; free from alcohol.
    • 1902, Geo W. Peck, Sarcasm and Sense, page 181:
      A business man who has a clerk that drinks too much has a list in his pocket of a dozen young men and women who can take that clerk's place at a moment's notice, and the business will go right along, jagless and joyous.
    • 1917, American Bottler, volume 37, page 50:
      Cherry juice is to take the place of cherry circle and a jagless beer that of the present beverage in the near future.