unlidded
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a word derived from
lid.
lidnouna removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
Example Sentences
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With his unlidded eye, the photographer spotted us where we had crouched behind the piano.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
It must have been a little after midnight when Gollum woke up: suddenly they were aware of his pale eyes unlidded gleaming at them.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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These pots have a very cave-man look about them; they are unglazed, unlidded bowls.
From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
Its uncurtained windows were red with the sinking sun, as though bloodshot and inflamed from a too-long unlidded existence.
From Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte
Left entirely alone, Miss Desborough glanced around the room, and then went quietly up to the unlidded coffin.
From Stories in Light and Shadow by Bret Harte