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Definition of Heartbreakers
1. heartbreaker [n] - See also: heartbreaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartbreakers
Literary usage of Heartbreakers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...by William Hone by William Hone (1841)
"The ladies' hair was curled and frizzled with the nicest art, and they frequently
set it off with " heartbreakers"—artificial curls. ..."
2. Western Field by Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.), California Game and Fish Protective Association (1905)
"They have proved to be corn and bunion makers, profanity workers and heartbreakers
In very sooth. There Is no part of a sportsman's equipment which figures ..."
3. A Biographical History of England: from Egbert the Great to the Revolution by James Granger (1824)
"... form before the reign of Charles Il.f The ladies' hair was curled and frizzled
with the nicest art, and they frequently set it off with heartbreakers. ..."
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