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Hale and hearty
adj
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Adjective
- 1 In a state of robust good health. idiomatic
"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 Conducive to robust good health. idiomatic
"This is a hale and hearty dish, filled with beef, potatoes and carrots."
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