[f. TIP sb.3 + -LESS.] Characterized by absence of ‘tips’ or gratuities.
1891. R. F. Murray, The Scarlet Gown, 104.
| Bearing bejants with their luggage (boxes full of heavy books, | |
| Which the porter, hot and tipless, eyes with unforgiving looks). |
1903. Daily Chron., 10 Feb., 5/1. Must tipless guard Look stern and hard With nought but thanks to gain?
1909. Westm. Gaz., 30 Aug., 5/4. This will be the first hotel in the world to adopt a tipless system.
