1605. A. Warren, Poor Mans Pass., B 2 b. In vaine the wealthlesse doe their wants repeat.
1799. Campbell, Pleas. Hope, II. 42. Barrd from delight by Fates untimely hand, By wealthless lot, or pitiless command.
1886. A. Weir, Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889), 220. Wealthless maidens cut off their locks in order to get a mite for the national cause.