heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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Whereas a light jest and a merry smile will show you are heart-free, and beyond the range of clerical artillery.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
And for all Master Ned may say of his being so rare heart-free, I did think he might have talked lesser with Faith Murthwaite had it liked him so to do.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah
"I have no true love," she said, "I am absolutely heart-free."
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
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)
"A child, Elsin, heart-free and capricious, contradictory, imperious, and—and overyoung——" "O Carus!"
From The Reckoning by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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