pealess

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English

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Etymology

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From pea +‎ -less.

Adjective

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pealess (not comparable)

  1. Without peas.
    a pealess soup
    • 1988, John Feinstein, A season inside: one year in college basketball:
      It took four years, lots of time, and lots of money, but eventually they developed a pealess whistle with a higher pitch than the old whistle.
    • 2009 May 10, Ian Austen, “BlackBerry Billionaire Has the N.H.L. Buzzing”, in New York Times[1]:
      Foxcroft, who invented the pealess whistle and heads the Fox 40, the company that makes it, said that any hockey club owned by Balsillie would be a similar partnership.

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