popcornless

popcornless

English

Etymology

popcorn +‎ -less

Adjective

popcornless (not comparable)

1. without popcorn.
   • 1997, Sarah Hurst, A shrimp learnt to whistle (→ISBN), page 59:

     The only way of seeing high-budget special effects in St Petersburg was to go to a cinema and sit in a cold, popcornless auditorium watching a dubbed Western film.

   • 2006, Rachel Hauck, Lost in NashVegas, Thomas Nelson (→ISBN), page 105:

     Popcornless, I step inside the Ryman sanctuary, listening for sounds from the past—old Sam Jones preaching the gospel, the laughter and music of the Grand Ole Opry, or Minnie Pearl's "How-dee!"

   • 2016, Daniel E. Bender, The Animal Game, Harvard University Press (→ISBN)

     The Bronx Zoo elephants "settle into the strike's popcornless daze," joke one reporter.