"smackless" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, James M. Hawes, A White Merc with Fins, page 57",
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          "ref": "2004, Des Dillon, The Glasgow Dragon",
          "text": "Strung out Junkies wander smackless.",
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          "ref": "2015, Ron Gridcharts, Make Yourself Uncomfortable, page 71",
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          "ref": "2014 July 9, Faiyaz Kara, “Cooper's Hawk is a wine-country-fied Cracker Barrel”, in Orlando Weekly",
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          "ref": "1999 February 6, SoleMooCow, “UZ 15 most hated RolePlayers”, in alt.sport.lasertag (Usenet)",
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        },
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