heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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So you have preserved your maister safe till this day, and he’s still gaeing aboot heart-free and hand-free.”
From Graham of Claverhouse by Maclaren, Ian
Ah, where now were those who had lately been so heart-free and glad?
From Fifty Famous Stories Retold by Baldwin, James
Hope interpreted the glance to mean that she was heart-free and to be won by him who could stir her heart.
From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames
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)
She had done her best, but had I been still heart-free I never could have married her.
From Moods by Alcott, Louisa May
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