Haunless: everyday Scots for clumsy or awkward, ergo, haunlessness: clumsiness or awkwardness.
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A glaikit person is often haunless too.
Indeed, a galoot.
Iād always associated āgalootā with cowboys (see arty cartoon below ) and had no idea it had a Scottish origin.
For those whose C20th design history may be a little rusty -
Gerrit Rietveld chair, 1917 -
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Surely McAllister gave you a clue 
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To be fair, i didnāt.
As long as you donāt put āBrian Hoodā anywhere in your query 
It was the result of someone, a long time ago, theoretically intellectualising about the āessenceā of a chair, but he omitted to include the word ācomfortableā. Rietveld chairs are lovely objects, but maybe not very good chairs.
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I agree about the chairs often being for looking at rather that sitting in.
Sometimes, as in the case of Ming Chinese chairs, they are a work of art in themselves, made with interlocking joinery and no metal. Sort of functional but not exactly comfortable by modern standards. Still, after six hundred years still a triumph of balance in form to space.
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Deal Ellie, if I might address you by your first name. Do bots have first names I wonder?
With just two exceptions (the cat was cute) your posts have spammed the site and they read like you are the AI.
Please tell us what connection you have to France, your posts do not originate in France and none of the content has anything to do with France. @cat has supended you previously for spam, I would not be surprised if she just deletes your account this time. I would, but itās not my call.
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