heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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You are still heart-free, it seems; and I beg pardon for repeating foolish gossip.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
She had done her best, but had I been still heart-free I never could have married her.
From Moods by Alcott, Louisa May
Whereas a light jest and a merry smile will show you are heart-free, and beyond the range of clerical artillery.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
"Chance certainly, seems against your schemes and mine, my lord Cardinal," he said; "for that butterfly is heart-free and indolent, whilst the woman of forty is a queen."
From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
"I have wandered the world heretofore, careless and heart-free, that I might have the more to offer to you, the pearl of girls, the all incomparable Maria of Sarria!"
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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