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zipless

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zipless /ˈzɪplɪs /
▸ adjective
1 (of a garment) having no zip:
a zipless wrap dress.
2 informal (of a sexual encounter) brief, uncomplicated, and passionate:
zipless experiences.
– ORIGIN 1920s (in the informal sense ‘lacking energy or liveliness’): from zip + -less. zipless (sense 2 of the adjective) comes from the phrase zipless fuck, in Erica Jong's novel Fear of Flying (1973).