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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Marrowless, a. [Marrow n.] a. Lacking a companion or another in the same case, alone. b. Matchless, peerless, unequalled. —a. 1635 Dickson Wr. 58.
Let this be one ease to thee, to … know thou art not marrowless in thy exercise
b. 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 347.
My sweetest, my matchless and my most marrowless and marvellous well-beloved

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