"zipless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From zip + -less, the figurative sense coined (as "zipless fuck") by Erica Jong in her novel Fear of Flying (1973). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|zip|less}} zip + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} zipless (not comparable)
  1. Without a zip fastener. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-zipless-en-adj-WYsKxzgA
  2. (informal, figuratively) Without complications and hindrances. Tags: figuratively, informal, not-comparable Synonyms (without complications and hindrances): no strings attached
    Sense id: en-zipless-en-adj-EwQZvGMb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'without complications and hindrances': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ziplessness Related terms: zipper sex
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          "text": "[…] wedding planners who would check out venues, prices, caterers and all that stuff and then put it together for us, so it would be a zipless wedding.",
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          "ref": "2007, James Day, Queer sexualities in French and Francophone literature and film:",
          "text": "And yet this screen presence, going well beyond the literary, is the illusion that the world is like that, that sex is indeed zipless […]",
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