haler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of haler
First recorded in 1930–35; from Czech haléř, from Middle High German haller, variant of heller; heller 2
Example Sentences
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He still hadn’t gone back to work, but I thought he never looked haler or heartier, or neater or spiffier.
From Literature
Then he addressed the other ancient witness, who looked even haler than his companion.
From Project Gutenberg
And it is not because of his seventy-six years, either, for a haler and heartier man never lived—until Paula started this wicked thing upon him, and began making him bread-and-milk for supper.
From Project Gutenberg
My father took it for forty years, and there wasn't a haler man in the country.
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"And you—well, you look just the same as ever; only fuller and haler."
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