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Definition of Heartsore
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartsore
Literary usage of Heartsore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Reminiscences of E. L. Blanchard by Edward L. Blanchard, Drinkwater Meadows (1891)
"Getting careworn and heartsore for want of heart-sympathy. Monday, 23rd.—Olympic ;
Coyne's new farce of What will they say at Brompton ? ..."
2. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"Compliment of condolence, condoling. affliction, heartsore, pain, disgust. 4.
(Obs ) Mischief, injury. Pesante, pa. That which weighs ; that which has a ..."
3. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"I cast anchor before dark in the best lee I could find near the land, but was
tossed miserably all night, heartsore of choppy seas. On the following morning ..."
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