quarterless

adj — 2 senses

quarterless

adj

Etymology From quarter + -less.

1

Without quarter; merciless.

  • Many, long since outmatched in the quarterless battle for existence, still clung, bleached and ghastly, like upstanding skeletons...1922, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan, Scribner's magazine, volume 72:
2

US That does not require quarters (coins) to operate

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