She snatched up a wrap, for she did not mean to come back for a long while, perhaps not even to dinner-it would be all Mr. Briggs's fault if she went Dinnerless and hungry-and with another glance out of the window to see if she were still safe, she stole out and got away to the sheltering trees of the zigzag path, and there sat down on one of the seats placed at each bend to assist the upward journey of those who were breathless.
"The Enchanted April"
Elizabeth von Arnim
It was a little after seven when Thomas, Dinnerless and supperless, reached Hamstead, and plodding doggedly up the road in a heavy rain, met Mr. and Mrs. Elliott just starting out in their buggy for Thursday evening prayer meeting.
"The Old Gray Homestead"
Frances Parkinson Keyes
But we didn't either of us know what the other would say to a Dinnerless home with the cook gone.
"Mary Marie"
Eleanor H. Porter