Meaning of miceless | Babel Free

Definitions

Without mice.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“Her height was a trifle over the medium; her eyes a soft expressive brown, shaded by masses of hair which exactly matched their color, and, at that rat-and-miceless day, fell in such graceful abandon as to show at once that nature was the only maid who crimped their waves into them.”

“Cats come from all directions when thresher starts. They can’t understand why newly-built ricks are miceless, and look puzzled as they search barren sheaves …”

““REMEBERING AMERICA is a delightful assembly of 10,000 curious things: Chanteymen, snow sailing, a miceless house, courting lamps, a spasm band, an anvil salute, and the wondrous city of Diddy-Wah-Diddy: Our country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of peculiarity, of thee this sings.”—William Least Heat-Moon”

“Certainly, it would be impossible to replace Sweetie or Sparky. I thought our almost worthless cat, P. J., might possess Sweetie’s quality since we rescued him from death by bottle-feeding him. Wrong! He keeps the house miceless, but does not appreciate a good quiet time of bonding and sky-gazing.”

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