"breastless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: breast + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|breast|less}} breast + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} breastless (not comparable)
  1. Without a breast or breasts; flat-chested. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: breastlessness
    Sense id: en-breastless-en-adj-QGh1LIf8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "1920, T. S. Eliot, “Whispers of Immortality”, in Collected Poems, 1909-1962, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, published 1963, page 45",
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          "ref": "1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, Penguin, published 1992",
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