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.
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Then he addressed the other ancient witness, who looked even haler than his companion.
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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.
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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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