half-cooked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I continued to gnaw on the half-cooked onion pieces.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2021
When she finally showed up, she burst through the door with a huge smile on her face, lugging her sweet potatoes and a half-cooked turkey leg.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2019
Campylobacter, salmonella’s sneaky cousin, attacks two to five days after a half-cooked turkey burger goes down the hatch.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2014
The same ball caught behind, or gloved to short-leg, and the moment of enduring genius is only half-cooked: bowled it had to be.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2013
I’ve stood in this heat till I’m half-cooked myself.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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