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kindheart en · NOUN

Etymology

kind + heart

Meanings

1. (rare) A kindhearted person.
   • […] he has nary a Sword-and-Bucklerman in his Fair, nor a little Davy to take toll o' the Bawds there, as in my time, nor a Kindheart, if anybody's teeth should chance to ache in his Play. c. 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair:
   • It could as likely be a killer as a kindheart, and he had no wish for the knife within him to be matched by a real knife of iron from without. 1992, The World, John Grant:

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