Meaning of gorilless | Babel Free

Definitions

A female gorilla.

no-plural, rare

Examples

“The last⟳ statement suggests to me the question⟳, did she walk⟳ upon her hind legs only, or upon all four? That is, did she walk⟳ erect like⟳ a man and a brother,—I should say⟳ a gorilless and a sister,—or like⟳ an attached and humble individual of the canine or feline quadruped species?[…]Was not Seraphine a wonderful young person,—I mean⟳ gorilless?”

““An’ now I hear⟳ you’re sendin’ our flagship Pastores out at four o’clock this afternoon with another cock-eyed cross between a giraffe an’ a Gila monster— / “By my soul, never!” yells th’ G.P.A., jumpin’ up like⟳ a bumb has gone off under him. “If the Pastores sails with that red-skirted gorilless aboard, it’ll be over my dead body!””

“I know⟳ it’s horribly sexist but, it has to be said, so are gorillas. / Then there’s the lonely gorilless whose mate has died just before breeding time, leaving both her and her devoted keeper desolate with grief.”

“On another day, at the Program⟳ Corporation of America, a White Plains-based company that serves as lecture⟳ managers and booking agencies for celebrities, the gorilla was invited to stay⟳ for lunch. “You’re a “gorilless,” Joan Steinhaus, executive vice president, said as Miss⟳ Corsetti removed the head of her costume. “Would you like⟳ a banana?””

“She wanted a job with Phyllis the Gorilless.”

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