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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

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

"Why, you little half-boiled Shrimp," I bawled out, "I have a mind to clout your under t'other Ear, that Brothers may not complain of Favour, and e'en carry you to where I found you."

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

The coffee sustained in part her reputation, being half-roasted, half-ground, half-boiled, and, I may add, half-swallowed.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor