Yamless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a yam or yams. not-comparable

    "Advice, merely. Beer is brewed from grain (cereal), malt, hops, yeast and water. It is full of starch and carbohydrates. Those who quaff more than a couple a week would find it wise (if their waistlines want worrying) to eliminate certain other sources of these elements from their diets: no morning Kellogg's, yamless meals, a saladal substitute for a sandwich."

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"Advice, merely. Beer is brewed from grain (cereal), malt, hops, yeast and water. It is full of starch and carbohydrates. Those who quaff more than a couple a week would find it wise (if their waistlines want worrying) to eliminate certain other sources of these elements from their diets: no morning Kellogg's, yamless meals, a saladal substitute for a sandwich."

Etymology

From yam + -less.

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