heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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She was heart-free and happy, and only too glad to have such a kind landlord.
From The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill
Ah, where now were those who had lately been so heart-free and glad?
From Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin
In another week he was to be homeward-bound: heart-free, but disappointed.
From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
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 Burt L. Standish
"Chance certainly, seems against your schemes and mine, my lord Cardinal," he said; "for that butterfly is heart-free and indolent, whilst the woman of forty is a queen."
From The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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