heart-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of heart-free
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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You are still heart-free, it seems; and I beg pardon for repeating foolish gossip.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
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
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
Scarcely save in little children did he see the heart-free joy, the natural freedom and happiness, which was his own.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
It is symbolic of the way France has borne her struggle, her devastation—with the heart-free, care-free spirit of childhood.
From The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 by United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
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