Briefless
[bri:flis]
Definition
(a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister.
Typed by Alphonse
Examples
- Mrs. Briefless's papa succeeds; so you see she will be a baronet's daughter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You know, she said, Mrs Briefless is granddaughter of Sir John Redhand, who is so ill at Cheltenham that he can't last six months. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And Toady asked Briefless and his wife to dinner the very next week. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typed by Alphonse