clean
adjective
free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained.
half-cleaned
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a word derived from
clean.
Example Sentences
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She was dismayed that she was being forced to do a rush job and seeing her tips drop off accordingly as guests returned to find half-cleaned rooms.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2016
The air was mouldy and heavy with decay, while strings of fish-tails and of half-cleaned dog and crocodile skulls did not add to the wholesomeness of the place.
From Adventure by Jack London
In an arm-chair before the fire Geoff was contentedly dozing with the bog-mud steaming from his boots and a half-cleaned gun across his knees.
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
In the immediate foreground, beneath our very eyes, was the small yard with the half-cleaned motor-car standing in it.
From The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Of course I hurried away with my boots half-cleaned, and so I have to hurry through life—a miserable man, suffering unheard-of torment, but with no one to pity me.
From Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season by George Manville Fenn
