heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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"I have heard Dr. Mackey declare several times that he was heart-free, that he had never cared for any woman, and consequently had never married."
From Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier by Stratemeyer, Edward
Then with the unfettered sea he mixed his soul In great rejoicing union, while the ships Crashing and soaring o'er the heart-free waves Drave ever straight for Spain.
From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred
And here I am, heart-free still, with three trunks of booty and the finest, blackest, and swiftest little horse in the county—mine.
From Green Valley by Reynolds, Katharine
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)
"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 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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