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Of sound and vigorous health.

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Usage examples (42)
  • Despite running four miles, she felt hale and hearty.
  • hale and hearty
  • Adjective, : hale and hearty men in the prime of life
  • Verb (used with object), : to hale a man into court
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  • You will have to be "hale" (healthy and robust) to go out into the "hail" (frozen rain) storm to "hail" (call or summon) a taxi.
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