hard-favored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hard-favored
First recorded in 1505–15
Example Sentences
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Tall, gaunt, hard-favored was this candidate for the American calendar; but Bonilacia might be her name.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Fuller, Margaret
A more hard-favored set, perhaps, could not be imagined.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Around the walls hung the hard-favored portraits of the heroes of the house of Katzenellenbogen, and the trophies which they had gained in the field and in the chase.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
A mop of iron-gray hair gave a grisly finish to this hard-favored visage.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian
Late one autumn evening, a tall, bony, hard-favored man was observed making his way into the outskirts of the place.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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