Etymology
Origin of toilworn
Example Sentences
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After allowing the national parliament to wrangle all week long over the merits of various plans to renovate the economy, the Soviet President decided he had heard enough debate from the toilworn legislators.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Sartor Resartus, he specially honors "the toilworn Craftsman, that with earthmade implement laboriously conquers the Earth and makes her Man's."
From Halleck's New English Literature by Halleck, Reuben Post
First, the toilworn Craftsman, that, with earth-made Implement, laboriously conquers the Earth, and makes her man's.
From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education
He went into the City every day, and came home in the evening toilworn and out of spirits.
From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
First the toilworn Craftsman that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's.
From The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson by Coleridge, Stephen
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