heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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After a round of joyous, heart-free, and innocent familiarities with various youthful admirers, she finally becomes an admirable wife and housekeeper.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
If Rhoda Polly was heart-free, that was certainly not my fault.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
In those happy days ere meeting Bessie he was heart-free and care-free.
From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.
No, the forest ranger in these attitudes must be young and heart-free; otherwise his life would be miserably solitary.”
From Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West by Garland, Hamlin
Her French marriage never touched her very deeply, so she seems quite heart-free, ready to begin from the very first of love and sound the notes through the whole octave.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
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