roachless

Without a roach (part of a sail).

Adjective

  1. Without a roach (part of a sail).
  2. Without cockroaches.
    • There is no end of the headings you can devise using “roach” in each, thus: The roach dies. Doom of roaches. Roaches no more. No roaches left. The end of roaches. Who has roaches. Roachless houses. Not one roach....
    • Since introducing HARRIS ROACH TABLETS many testimonials have been received by boosters who have tried the successful method of ridding your home of roaches. For a ROACHLESS HOUSE try “HARRIS ROACH TABLETS.” - 1942...
    • Hence most of us, learning for the first time of DDT as a new miracle insect killer, think rather of summer days free of flies and summer evenings without mosquitoes, roachless houses and flealess dogs, than of a world...

Origin

From roach + -less.