gum
noun
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
gumless
-
a word derived from
gum.
Example Sentences
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The latter I got none too soon, as my last gumless envelope I stuck down with jam.
From A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition by Ross, P. T.
For as Man undergoes Evolution ruthless, His skull will grow "dome-like, bald, terete"; And his mouth will be jawless, gumless, toothless— No more will he drink or eat!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 25, 1893 by Various
