toilworn

American  

[toil-wawrn, -wohrn] / ˈtɔɪlˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn /

adjective

1. worn by toil.

   toilworn hands.

2. worn out or aged by toil.

   a toilworn farmer.

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Etymology

Origin of toilworn

First recorded in 1745–55; toil ¹ + worn

Example Sentences

He paints anything that catches his eye�huge Western bridges, gritty red-light districts, stolid water buffaloes, dead chickens, his friends, his toilworn mother.

From Time Magazine Archive

After allowing the national parliament to wrangle all week long over the merits of various plans to renovate the economy, the Soviet President decided he had heard enough debate from the toilworn legislators.

From Time Magazine Archive

He played on, forgetful of everybody, his long beard sweeping the violin, his toilworn hands marvelously obedient to his will.

From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin

Corot saw the same poor, toilworn peasants, and he helped them most generously when they asked him, but as for painting them—he did not think of it.

From Stories Pictures Tell Book Four by Carpenter, Flora L.

There were no ovations for them as they came back, toilworn before their time, to the places that had once known them; no ringing of bells; no eager opening of hospitable doors.

From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by Curtis, George William