fordone
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fordone
First recorded in 1580–90; past participle of fordo
Example Sentences
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And now the demigod was merely Rudolph Musgrave again, and she was not afraid any longer, but only inexpressibly fordone.
From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by Cabell, James Branch
Horses alike and riders were travel-tainted and fordone.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
The ruffled fag fordone with care And brooding, God would ease this pain: Him soothest thou and smoothest down Till some content return again.
From John Marr and Other Poems by Melville, Herman
His body fordone with age is by them considered to be full of the spirit of wisdom.
From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey
His sympathy was ever with the workingman and those who grind fordone at the wheel of labor.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert
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