half-boiled
- a word derived from boiled.
Example Sentences
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Though the bagel arrived in America with Jewish immigrants in the early 1900s, until a few years ago, most of the country hadn't enjoyed this half-boiled, half-baked, half-crunchy, half-chewy half-roll.
From Time Magazine Archive
A ball of half-baked dough or a piece of half-boiled vegetable is good for bait.
From Time Magazine Archive
Afterwards they visited the house or houses from which they had carried the image of Death; where they received a dole of half-boiled peas.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
I am thirsty as an African desert, thirsty as Sunday, thirsty as a devil half-boiled in the cauldrons of Lucifer.”
From Flemish Legends by Coster, Charles de
The stuff was half-boiled Indian meal, which had been improperly subjected at first to the full heat of boiling water; and in its present state was bad food either for children or grown people.
From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony
