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
He paints anything that catches his eye�huge Western bridges, gritty red-light districts, stolid water buffaloes, dead chickens, his friends, his toilworn mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a while sorrow and care are veiled from the eyes of men, and to the poorest and most toilworn come pleasant dreams.
From The Night Side of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
"Please don't, Mr. Gilsum," said the girl, in a sweet, pleading tone, laying a red and toilworn little hand softly on his arm.
From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell
The two hands pressed each other; they were both toilworn now, but they clasped as firmly as if they had sought each other for twenty years.
From Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
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