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drainless

American

[dreyn-lis] / ˈdreɪn lɪs /

adjective

inexhaustible.

Etymology

Origin of drainless

First recorded in 1810–20; drain + -less

Example Sentences

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I have picked up a bad cold from the foul dust-heaps and drainless condition of the smelly Havre streets, but it will soon disappear now.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

Yet on we mount to the drainless fount, Of wild tempestuous storms; And our fairy shrouds now kiss the clouds; In all their varied forms.

From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice

A drainless shower Of light is poesy; 'tis the supreme of power; 'Tis might half slumb'ring on its own right arm.

From Poems 1817 by Keats, John

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