heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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In those happy days ere meeting Bessie he was heart-free and care-free.
From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.
Though he had travelled over the Islands and had been well received everywhere, yet he was heart-free, and said he would never marry, but wait untrammelled till his time for action should come.
From Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League by Armstrong, W. N.
She was indeed a lovely child, and as she talked on so heart-free and confidentially with us two old men, I was really in love with her myself.
From The Lonely House by Streckfuss, Adolph
Now there was the chant of a heart-free nature engaged again in vigorous toil, in wresting the recurrent glory of surging life and hope from the powers of darkness and bitter, benumbing cold.
From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
He was rapidly approaching a frame of mind in which no sacrifice would be too great to be made, could he only be certain of winning Dorothy, heart-free, for his own.
From A Husband by Proxy by Steele, Jack
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