Etymology
Origin of jointless
Example Sentences
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You would assume she was a plant, there to make plain the links between the emphatic thwack of the sabar and the jointless human body, but the band seem genuinely surprised to see her.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2011
His old free, erect bearing was gone, and he stood upright with difficulty, and when he tried to walk, it was in a stiff and jointless sort of way, very painful to see.
From A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Some day on this her eyes may light, This doggerel stiff and jointless, And she may own it is not quite Pointless.
From Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series by James Williams
"Oi, Oi, Oi!" repeated that gentleman for the dozenth time, as he bobbed about aimlessly, in his anxiety to hit the clown and take the patient Toby between his jointless arms.
From The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy by Mabel Henriette Spielmann
“Theophrastus describing this plant, says:—‘It is produced in marshes and in stagnant waters; the length of the stem, at the longest, four cubits, and the thickness of a finger, like the smooth jointless reed.
From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous
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