Jamless vs Yamless - What's the difference?
jamless | yamless |
Without a yam or yams.
* 1974 , Frederick Goodridge, "
* 2000 , Cathy Gant Hill, "Let Others Cook On Turkey Day", News & Record , 22 November 2000:
* 2011 , David Freid, "
*
As adjectives the difference between jamless and yamless
is that jamless is without jam while yamless is without a yam or yams.yamless
English
Adjective
(-)Of fermented malt and grain beverages", The Heights (Boston College), Volume LV, Number 13, 25 November 1974, page 11:
- Advice, merely. Beer is brewed from grain (cereal), malt, hops, yeast and water. It is full of starch and carbohydrates. Those who quaff more than a couple a week would find it wise (if their waistlines want worrying) to eliminate certain other sources of these elements from their diets: no morning Kellogg's, yamless meals, a saladal substitute for a sandwich.
- If you don't feel like cooking this Thanksgiving, that's no reason to go hamless, yamless and - heaven forbid - Spamless.
Surviving the Thanksgiving Apocalypse", The Huffington Post , 23 November 2011:
- I was lucky with this one, as my roommate's girlfriend left me the aforementioned yams. She took care of this step for me. But if you find yourself yamless , get out and fill your home with a small reminder of the holiday.
