hale and hearty

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hale and hearty

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  1. idiomatic In a state of robust good health. He was a hale and hearty man at that time, and remained hale and hearty for many years afterwards; so hale and hearty, that in the year 1798, being then turned seventy-eight, and having lived in America ten years, he married a young woman of Scottish extraction
  2. idiomatic Conducive to robust good health. This is a hale and hearty dish, filled with beef, potatoes and carrots.

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@misc{hale_and_hearty_2026,
  title = {hale and hearty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hale%20and%20hearty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}