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toilworn

[ toil-wawrn, -wohrn ]

/ ˈtɔɪlˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn /

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adjective

worn by toil: toilworn hands.

worn out or aged by toil: a toilworn farmer.

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Origin of toilworn

First recorded in 1745–55; toil¹ + worn

Words nearby toilworn

toilet-train, toilet training, toilet water, toilful, toilsome, toilworn, toise, toitoi, Tojo, tokamak, Tokara Islands

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How to use toilworn in a sentence

First, the toilworn Craftsman that with earth-made Implement laboriously conquers the Earth, and makes her man's.
Sartor Resartus|Thomas Carlyle
Hitherto his life had been poor and toilworn; but otherwise not ungenial, and, with all its distresses, by no means unhappy.
Life of Robert Burns|Thomas Carlyle
First the toilworn Craftsman that with earth-made implement laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's.
The Glory of English Prose|Stephen Coleridge
She was evidently a Scotch peasant girl, as indicated by the clothes she wore and by her hard, toilworn hands.
The Day of Judgment|Joseph Hocking

And if their hands were toilworn and their clothes very old-fashioned, Mary did not care.
Dolly's College Experiences|Mabel Cronise Jones